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Calls Roll in AAPL

by | May 12, 2015 | Unusual Activity

9600 AAPL Aug/Oct 125 calls went up in 3 blocks on the PHLX marked spread.?

Puts trade in DPZ- long term put trader

?DPZ

Shares of Domino?s Pizza, Inc. (DPZ) are down .59 to 109.25. ?DPZ is near the upper end of the 52 Week range.

  • Paper traded 7051 DPZ Sep 100 puts for 3.10.
  • The ADV is 958 contracts.
  • The OI is 7090 contracts.

The volume went up in 1 block on the PHLX marked buy-write.? Stock trading 108.6 went up on 204,749 shares.? Both put and stock look like a sale on a delta neutral basis.? The trade is roughly delta neutral and is either additive to the OI or they are unwinding a current position as the OI is very close to call.

  • IV 30 is trading for 22%.
  • HV10 is trading for 22%.
  • IV 30 is trading below the HV 10.

Domino’s Pizza Inc. is a pizza retail chain. The Company is a pizza chain and a pizza delivery chain. The Company has over 11,250 stores in over 75 international markets.

 

Calls trade In XLF- size Sep call buyers

?unusual options activity: calls trade in XLF

Shares of Select Sector Financial SPDR (XLF) are down .15 to 24.52. ??XLF is near the top of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 20000 XLF Sep 26 calls for .23.
  • The ADV is 86k contracts.
  • The OI is 106121 respectively.

The volume went up in 1 block marked price variation on the AMEX. ??Total volume is over 70k calls as traders pay from .22 to .26 for these calls.? The trade tag could have stock but none was printing concurrent with the options. The calls are either adding to the OI, or the trader is closing an earlier sale on the recent dip.

  • IV 30 is trading for 13%.
  • HV10 is trading for 12%.
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Financial Select Sector Index (the Index).

 

Calls trade in AAPL- calls roll in AAPL

?AAPL

Shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) are down .48 to 125.85 today.? AAPL is near the upper end of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 9600 AAPL Aug/Oct 125 calls for 6.85 and 8.325.
  • The ADV is 1.2 mil contracts. ?
  • The OI is 7874 and 41329 contracts.

The volume went up in 3 blocks on the PHLX marked spread.? The Aug leg is definitely opening so the trade could be a bet on a move from the 125 strike.? The Oct calls are less obvious but could be a sell to close or the second leg of a short time spread.? Either way the trader wants AAPL to move away from the 125 strike.

  • IV 30 is trading for 22%.
  • HV10 is trading for 28%.
  • IV 30 is below the HV 10.

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers and portable digital music players and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions and third-party digital content and applications.