Bull Eyes NetApp, Inc. Upside Potential – Featured Tickers: NTAP & MW
Options Intelligence Report: Airgas, Inc. (ARG) & American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AXL)
Options Intelligence Report for Airgas, Inc. (ARG) and American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AXL)
Bullish Option Activity Alert: XL
XL Group PLC (XL), the Dublin, Ireland based property and casualty insurer, is seeing unusual Bullish option activity today following comments from FBR Capital Markets that the company is a top M&A target.
AnnTaylor Stores (ANN) – Straddle Seller in Oct
The company traded over 5,900 options in the first three hours on total daily average option volume of just 1,557. The largest trade was an Oct 17 straddle sale @ $2.40 ~1,500x.
Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market
Nucor (NUE) – Oct Calls Bought, Sep Skew Turns
The company traded over 24,000 options yesterday on total daily average option volume of just 6,244.
Options Intelligence Report: Bank of America Corp. (BAC) & SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT)
Mixed Sentiment Apparent In Bank of America Options Action – Featured Tickers: BAC & XRT
Options Intelligence Report: Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH) & Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR)
Options Intelligence Report for Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH) and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR)
Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, BAC, F, INTC, EMN, AAPL, JPM, PFE
Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, BAC, F, INTC, EMN, AAPL, JPM, PFE
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – CREE, SYMC, V, SLM, WMB, COF
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 9/8
BMC Software (BMC) – Upside Skew and Bearish Bets
The company has traded over 11,000 options on total daily average option volume of just 1,205. However, the largest trade looks like an Oct 37/38 risk reversal (buy puts/sell calls) 5,000x accounting for 10,000 contracts.
Bullish Option Activity Alert: CBS
CBS Corp. (CBS) is seeing unusual option activity today with investors buying the Oct. 16 Calls. 6.6k contracts have already traded this morning, with almost all being new positions.
