900 CBL Mar 20 calls went up in 1 block & looks like closing paper where the seller is taking advantage of higher prices for CBL and unloading some longs.
Profit Taking in CBL
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Ratio Combos Trade in SPX
6250/12250 SPX Mar 20 Weekly 1850 puts over 2200 calls went up in 2 giant blocks. This ratio risk reversal is a close to even premium trade and a bet the market moves higher.
Futures Options Roundup: Crude Oil
Today in futures options roundup, we are taking a deep dive into crude oil. Let’s check out the top 10 strikes and overnight changes in OI.
Continuing Call Seller in PHM
8403 PHM Feb 22 calls went up in 1 block & is consistent with a stock over writer that uses call premium to help finance stock.
Ratio Buy-Write in MTW
3000 MTW Jan 21 calls went up in 1 block against 150,000 shares marked buy-write. That would make this a synthetic straddle or a straight stock replacement with lots of upside leverage.
Futures Options Roundup: Foreign Exchange
Let’s take a look at foreign exchange futures options. In particular, AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, and JPY.
Aggressively Bearish Put Buying in SO
Today traders are buying the SO Jan 49 puts in bulk. They began paying .23 and have run them up to .30 a contract.
Futures Options Roundup: Gold & Silver
The top 10 Gold and Silver futures options strikes, plus overnight changes in open interest.
Big OTM Puts in NVDA
38000 NVDA Feb 15 puts went up in 1 large block. The OTM put buy is very curious as the underlying would need a power move down for the buyer to profit.
Pick Off in JNJ
In what appears to be a bit of a ?pick off?/ a customer bought just under 17000 JNJ Jan 102 puts for .65
Calls Go Up in BABA
6299 BABA Jan 120 calls went up in 1 block w/ a block of 100k shares, so the trader is probably putting on some sort of long gamma trade.
Big Block of Calls Trade in EMC
11000 EMC Jan 31 calls went up today in 1 giant block. This trade went up lifting the offer and could be a short call close even with the calls going up marked spread.