3000 EWH May 23 puts went up in 2 blocks.? This trade appears be a put purchase with IV jumping up 4 points in May as the Chinese markets skyrocket today.?

Calls trade in RAD- large roll going up

?RAD

Shares of Rite Aid Corp (RAD) are down .01 to 8.69 today. ?RAD is near the top of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 15000/12069 RAD Apr9/May 10 calls spreads for even.
  • The ADV is 26402 contracts.
  • The OI is 151k and 3211 contracts.

The volume went up in two large blocks marked spread.? Traders have been bidding up the RAD Apr 9 calls and are now starting to roll to the May 10s after the earnings came out today.? This could be the start of a huge volume to roll into the May 10s.

  • IV 30 is trading for 54 %.
  • HV10 is trading for 33%.
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

Rite Aid Corporation is a retail drugstore chain in the United States. As of March 1, 2014, the Company operated 4,587 stores in 31 states across the country and in the District of Columbia.

 

Puts trade in EWH- near the money puts go up

?EWH

Shares of iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index (EWH) are up .75 to 23.17. ?EWH is trading at a 52 week high.

  • Paper traded 3000 EWH May 23 puts for .35-.40.
  • The ADV is 505 contracts.
  • The OI is 16 contracts.

The volume went up in 2 blocks on the AMEX marked price variation.? This trade appears be a put purchase with IV jumping up 4 points in May as the Chinese markets skyrocket today.? Price variation marks usually mean tied to stock but now stock printed marked that way as of yet.? The puts are .45 bid going out so the premium is still finding a bid in here.

  • IV 30 is trading for 19%.
  • HV10 is trading for 9%.
  • IV 30 is above the HV 10.

Shares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund, formerly Shares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Hong Kong market, as measured by the MSCI Hong Kong Index (the Index).

 

Call buyers in ETP- April call buyers early on

?ETP

Shares of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) are up .32 to 56.67 today. ??ETP is near the lower end of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 563 ETP Apr 57.5 calls for .55 today.
  • The ADV is 2130 contracts. ?
  • The OI is 1114 contracts.

The volume went up in 1 block as part of larger volume.? Total volume on this strike is over 7500 contracts with most of those showing buy early on in the day.? The calls traded as high as 1.05 with a seller coming in on profit taking.? IV is up 6 points in April.? The buyers are still in as of this moment.

  • IV 30 is trading for 28%.
  • HV10 is trading for 14%.
  • IV 30 is above the HV 10.

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (ETP) is a limited partnership in the United States engaged in natural gas operations. ETP is managed by its general partner, Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P. (General Partner or ETP GP), and ETP GP is managed by its general partner, Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C. (ETP LLC), which is owned by Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., another publicly traded master limited partnership (ETE).