320000 XLF Jan2017 22 calls went up in 2 blocks on the AMEX marked price variation.?

XLF

Shares of the Financial Select SPDR (XLF) are up .28 to 22.15 today. XLF is near the top of the 52 Week range.

  • Paper traded 320000 XLF Jan2017 22 calls for .72 average price.? ?
  • ADV is 149k.
  • The OI is 118k contracts.

The volume went up in 2 blocks on the AMEX marked price variation.? A massive block of stock, 4.6 million shares, traded earlier marked derivative.? This could be part of the call block and would be a type of back spread but very long delta if all the trades were put together.? The rough delta on the 2 blocks is 16 million long.

  • IV 30 is trading for 20%.?
  • HV10 is trading for 29%.?
  • IV 30 is above the HV 10.

Financial Select SPDR Fund (XLF) seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P Financial Select Sector Index (the Index).