Shares of American International Group (AIG) are trading 41.73 up .30 today. AIG is trading nearer the top of the 52 week range.
Today paper hit the bid on the AIG Aug 40 puts at 1.53 6000x.? Average volume is 73000.? Open interest is 7462.
The trade looks like a straight put sale whether it is open or closing is tough to tell.? The IV is down .30 points in August so that is pointing to newer paper.? IV is down today in all but the front two months ahead of earnings.? This would portend more positive earnings for AIG with the active backmonth selling.
?30-day implied volatility is 31%.?? 10-day implied volatility is 38%.? 30 day implied volatility is trading below the 10 Day Historical volatility.
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an international insurance company, serving customers in more than 130 countries. AIG companies serve commercial, institutional and individual customers through property-casualty networks of any insurer.
Do you want to learn more about unusual options trading activity? Then the Unusual Options Activity Forum is for you:
When: Wednesday, May 15
Time:? 2:00 p.m.
Where: The Chicago Board Options Exchange, 400 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60605
Price: $99
What Will You Learn?
Attendees of this one-of-a-kind event will learn:
- The specific tools, strategies, and techniques used by options experts to identify unusual options trading activity
- How to filter out meaningful trades from the sea of noise in the options market
- How to successfully incorporate unusual activity information into your options trading
- How to avoid the costly mistakes made by many traders when analyzing unusual options activity.
What Will You Get?
- A Rare, Guided Tour of the Historic Chicago Board Options Exchange Trading Floor ? Including the Apple, Google, SPX & VIX Trading Pits (street price: unavailable to the public)
- One Free Month of Option Vision ? ?A unique 3-D charting platform designed to hunt down unusual options activity (street price: $99)
- One Free Month of OptionAlert ? The leading option flow monitor and unusual activity analysis tool (street price: $150)
- One Free Month of Livevol Pro ? The premiere analytics platform for professional options traders (street price: $199)
- Free Copy of The Options Traders? Hedge Fund (street price: $40)
- One Free Month of Option Pit Live ? Option Pit Live is designed to feed option traders the best actionable options trading content on the web. (street price: $125)
- One Free Month of Market Taker Group Coaching ? Let the pros at Market Taker Mentoring improve your options trading. Receive professional daily group mentoring sessions for one month ? including 20 trade ideas each session. (street price: $332)