In this Minyanville post on Monday, “Apple Tops List of Stocks With High Options Volume,”?Schaeffer’s Investment Research takes a look at the Top 5 stocks with the highest options volume for the year-to-date. Interestingly, their ranking is also the same in order of?call volume, put volume, and overall volume.
Take a look.
Source: Schaeffer’s Investment Research
Are your surprised by this list?
Here’s some other top names making the year-to-date shout out.?
Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ): The stock made list in the 17th spot as its puts sit at 1.1 million plus. In addition to its wine brands, the company also imports and distributes foreign brands including Corona beer. Its maker,?Grupo Modelo SAB de CV?(PINK:GPMCF), is involved in a potential $20.1 billion merger with?Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ADR)?(NYSE:BUD).
Speculators are active as they’re trying to make money off of this.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.?(NYSE:FCX): This mining stock just hit the most-actively traded list in the last week. It sits as No. 15 for call volume at 1.94 million for the year-to-date.
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA)?(NYSE:POT): This producer of agricultural chemicals is in the top 42 companies for overall volume with its near 1.5 million total options traded to date. The stock regularly appears as a heavily traded stock on the New York Stock Exchange but it doesn’t get a lot of action in the options marketplace.?