?18500 AMAT Jun 25 calls went in one large block marked price variation.??

Calls trade AMAT- size call trading today

?Unusual options activity: AMAT

Shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) are up .25 to 24.22 today.? AMAT is near the upper end of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 18500 AMAT Jun 25 calls for 1.23.
  • The ADV is 35877 contracts.
  • The OI is 0 contracts.

The volume went in one large block marked price variation.? A block of 814000 shares of AMAT traded 23.93 on a derivative mark.? The trade looks like a buyer of calls and a seller of stock on close to delta neutral ration.? The trader is looking for a big move through the Jun cycle.

  • IV 30 is trading for 36%.
  • HV10 is trading for 22%.
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

Applied Materials, Inc. (Applied) provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the global semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV) and related industries. Applied?s customers include manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, flat panel liquid crystal displays (LSDs), PV cells and modules, and other electronic devices.

 

Put traders jump into LOCK- OTM puts trading as dead money

LOCK?

Shares of LifeLock Inc. (LOCK) are up .10 to 14.06 today. ?LOCK is near the middle of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 1547 LOCK Apr 13 puts at .15.
  • The ADV is 3646 contracts.
  • The OI is 1109 contracts.

The volume went up one block on the CBOE.? Total volume on the strike is over 22,000 contracts with paper selling the bid.? The puts are now offered .15 with the IV down 3.5 points in Apr.? The put selling volume is consistent with a newsletter-type trade.

  • IV 30 is trading for 39%.
  • HV10 is trading for 28%.
  • IV 30 is above the HV 10.

LifeLock, Inc. is a provider of proactive identity theft protection services for consumers and identity risk assessment and fraud protection services for enterprises. It protects consumer subscribers, whom it refers to as its members, through monitoring identity-related events, such as new account openings and credit-related applications and enterprise customers through delivering on-demand identity risk and authentication information about consumers.

 

Big Puts trade in WTW- possible put and stock unwind

?WTW

Shares of Weight Watchers International (WTW) are down .27 to 7.74 today. ?WTW is making a 52 week low.

  • Paper traded 5000 WTW Jan 2016 puts at 4.20.
  • The ADV is 6813 contracts. ?
  • The OI is 19509 contracts.

The volume went up in one block marked spread on ARCA.? WTW is making a 52 week low today and with this block 181845 @ $8 shares traded marked derivative. Total volume on the strike is 11477 with more stock going up against the put seller.? The trader is taking the lows of the year to unwind a ratio put and stock position that for right now has worked out very well.

  • IV 30 is trading for 93%.
  • HV10 is trading for 67%.
  • IV 30 is below the HV 10.

Weight Watchers International, Inc., is a weight management services company. The Company is a consumer company and provider of weight management services, operating across the network of Company-owned and franchise operations.