The company traded nearly 18,000 options on total daily average option volume of just 1,536. A July 11/13 risk reversal (sell puts/buy calls) accounted for the vast majority of volume.
Bearish player enacts options combination trade on Brazil ETF. Featured tickers: EWZ & NSC
Options Intelligence Report for Health Net, Inc. (HNT) and iShares EAFE Index ETF (EFA)
The index traded nearly 29,000 options on total daily average option volume of just 1,101. All but 4,216 contracts have been calls.
Yesterday, KR announced that earnings will be released on June 17th. The news came out at 10:00 EST, the largest trades were at 10:04 EST. Why does that matter? Because it's one day before expiration in the June cycle.
Morning Movers: JNJ, GT & LVS
A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market -Maybe It's Not So Bad After All?
Unusual options activity review for Thursday, June 3, 2010
Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, BP, CHK, TLAB, AAPL
Buy-write strategist positions for Halliburton rebound. Featured tickers: HAL, RDC & CHK
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 6/3
Straddle sellers flock to Applied Materials, Inc. – Featured tickers: AMAT & M