Unusual options activity review for Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, BAC, CSCO, AAPL, PG

Bulls Buy Call Spreads On Weatherford, Nokia – Featured Tickers: WFT & NOK

Options Intelligence Report for Juniper Networks, Inc. (JNPR) and Live Nation, Inc. (LYV)

Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 7/20

Optimist Enacts Three-Legged Bullish Combo Play On Vivus, Inc. – Featured Tickers: VVUS & RSH

Options Intelligence Report for Whirlpool Corp. (WHR) and Sara Lee Corp. (SLE)

The company traded over 16,000 options in the first three hours on total daily average option volume of just 5,030. All but 2,506 contracts have been puts. The largest trade has been an Aug 11/10 put spread 1×2 (buy Aug 11 , sell 2 Aug 10).

The company traded over 17,000 options on total daily average option volume of just 1,009. All but 353 contracts were puts. Essentially all of the action was 8,469 Jan '11 25/27.5 put spread purchases.

A roundup of activity in the futures market – Will Investors Continue to Accept Low Yields?

Unusual options activity review for Monday, July 19, 2010

Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 7/19