Earlier today when Qualcom Inc. was trading at 80.28, a customer sold 20,000 of the Jan 2015 65 puts collecting .82.
Unusual Activity Alert: Large Spike in OI in Qualcom, Inc.
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Unusual Activity Alert: Taking Profits on XLK Position
In mid April over a two-day period, a customer bought o75,000 of the XLK Jun 38 calls paying between .15-.20.
Unusual Activity Alert: Neutral Ratio Spread in NuStar (NS)
The customer appears to want to take delivery on the stock and additionally does not appear to think the stock is going to be going anywhere in the back half of the year.
Unusual Activity Alert: Is that a Call Stupid on Dollar General Corp. (DG)?
Dollar General Corp. (DG) was trading at 57.55 when a customer executed what appears to be a call stupid.
Unusual Activity Alert: Put Spread Trades in Target Corp. (TGT)
Target Corp. (TGT) was trading at 57.71 earlier today when a customer sold the July 57.5/60 put spread just over 7000 times at a price of 1.60.
Unusual Activity Alert: Big Block of ITM Calls Trades in Tesoro Corp. (TSO)
At the time of this writing Tesoro Corp. was trading at 58.23 and seeing heavy call action on slightly in-the-money calls.
Unusual Activity Alert: Bullish Stock Bearish Vol in Select Sector Materials ETF (XLB)
Today a customer sold 7500 of the Jan 2015 45 puts collecting 1.22.
Unusual Activity Alert: Synthetic Buy-Write in SPDR Oil and Gas (XOP)
This trade will profit if XOP slowly rises to 80 over the next few days. It should be viewed as mildly bullish the underlying and bearish the volatility.
Unusual Activity Alert: Opening Buy in the VIX
The VIX, was trading at 12.04 with the June future trading 13.25, when 40,000 of the June 15 calls traded for .38.
Unusual Activity Alert: Looking for a Slow Rally in Walt Disney Inc. (DIS)
Walt Disney Inc. was trading 83.68 when a customer bought 25,000 of the Jan 2015 80 calls paying 7.60 a contract.
Unusual Activity Alert: Pushing Up IV in Bitauto Hldg Ltd. (BITA)
Today paper trade 729 BITA Jun 35 puts for .85 and 1.30. The ADV is 1199 contracts. The OI is 827.
Unusual Activity Alert: Strangle Buyers Active in Air Lease Corp. (AL)
Today paper traded 361 AL Aug 45 calls for 1.10 and 155 AL Aug 40 puts for 1.35 ? 1.40. The ADV is 238 contracts. The OI is 1718 and 166.