More unusual options activity: Big put seller in WFC, betting on a Chinese ISP, bullish paper in EZCH
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Puts trade in WFC- big put seller
Shares of Wells Fargo Inc (WFC) are down .19 to 51.14 today. WFC is at the top of the 52 week range.
Today paper traded 28000 WFC Sep 50 puts at .20. ?
- ADV is 31954 contracts. ?
- OI is 4692.
Volume went up in one large block.? Total volume is just over 30k contracts with this customer hitting the bid.? This is a big version of the wheel trade where a customer want to get long for under $50?
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- 30-day implied volatility is 11%. ??
- 10-day implied volatility is 8%. ?
- 30-day implied volatility is trading above the 10-day realized volatility.
Wells Fargo & Company is a bank holding company. The Company is a diversified financial services company. It has three operating segments: Community Banking, Wholesale Banking and Wealth, and Brokerage and Retirement.
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Puts trade in VNET- buying puts on a Chinese ISP
Shares of 21Vianet Group Inc. (VNET) are up .49 to 28.80 today. VNET is in the middle of the 52 week range.
Today paper traded 2500 VNET Oct 22.5 puts for .55. ?
- ADV is 261 contracts. ?
- OI is 2072 contracts.
Volume went up in 1 block.? The trade was just off of the ask price and IV is jumping big in here.? There are size buyers of the Oct 22.5 puts as well as speculators are looking for a drop.
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- 30-day implied volatility is 60%. ??
- 10-day implied volatility is 56%. ?
- 30-day implied volatility is trading above the 10-day realized volatility
21Vianet Group, Inc. is a holding company. The Company is a carrier-neutral Internet data center services provider in the People?s Republic of China.
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Calls jumping in EZCH?
Shares of EZCHIP Semiconductor LTD (EZCH) are up 2.69 to $28.? EZCH is near the upper end of the 52 week range.
Today paper traded 649 EZCH Oct 24 calls for 2.05.
- ADV is 334 contracts.?
- OI is 14 contracts.
Volume went up in one large block.? Total volume is 2377? with call buying sweeping in all terms.? IV is up 7 points in Oct to 37.94%.? In general this is bullish paper on a bullish day in the stock.? The calls are 3.30 bid as of this writing.
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- 30-day implied volatility is 41%. ?
- 10-day implied volatility is 31%.?
- 30 day implied volatility is trading above the 10-day realized volatility
EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. is the holding company of EZchip Technologies Ltd. (EZchip Technologies). EZchip Technologies is a fabless semiconductor company that is engaged in the development and marketing of Ethernet network processors for networking equipment. EZchip Technologies provides its customers with solutions that scale from 1-gigabit to 100-gigabit per second with a common architecture and software across all products.