Option Flow Recap April 4th

Macro / Thematic

TLT hares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond (ETF) – 45,000 of the June 101 calls were bought for $0.21. The calls were bought to open.

SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF – 15,000 of the April 130 puts were bought for $0.50.

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Consumer

GRMN Garmin Ltd – 4000 off the January’13 20 / January’12 35 risk reversal traded at $0.11credit, 4000x. It is possibly a closing trade or a bearish play.

UAL United Continental Holdings, Inc. – 5000 of the September 28 calls were bought for $1.32.

TGT Target Corporation – 2500 of the July 49 puts were bought for $2.03. Also today, 2000 off the January’13 40 calls were bought for $12.40

Energy

HK Petrohawk Energy Corporation – 20,000 of the June 35 calls were bought for $0.08. The calls were bought to open. The stock would need to rally over 44% for this trade to be profitable.

NOV National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. – 8500 of the May 85 calls were sold at $2.51 and bought 6000 of the August 90 calls for $3.65. It appears to be a roll of a bullish position up five strikes and out three months.

Tech

VOD Vodafone Group Plc – 9000 May 31 / 27 risk reversals trade for $0.15. The May 27 puts were bought for $0.35 and the May 31 calls were sold at $0.20.

JNPR Juniper Networks, Inc. – 6800 May 40 / 36 put spreads was bought for $1.36.

Sohu.com Inc (SOHU) and SINA.com (SINA) climbed up the charts today and hit new 52 week highs on higher than usual volume.  TheStreet.com reported on a research paper which cites a McKinsey study that predicts China’s internet community will reach 740 million by 2015 and will grow by 6 million new users every month.  This bullish prediction led the longs out of the pin reaching for the front-month OTM calls.  In SOHU, the most popular flavor was the April 110 calls which traded nearly 2K times – 89% on the ask.  The majority were executed for .45 at a 55.8 IV.  Historical vols are: 48% (20 day), 41% (60 day), 46.5% (120 day).  In SINA, the April 115 calls were the most popular.  The execution VWAP was $4.98 with an IV about 56.  Historical vols are: 45.3% (20 day), 53.3% (60 day), 49.2% (120 day).  SOHU closed up $6.42 to $97.30 and SINA closed up $5.11 to $116.56.     

Industrials / Materials

HRBN Harbin Electric, Inc. – 1400 of the June 17.5 / 10 put spreads were bought for $1.20. The spread appeared to be bought to open.

TCK Teck Resources Limited – 3000 of the August 70 / 80 call spreads were bought for $1.07. The spread was bought to open.

MON Monsanto Company – 2500 January 45 puts were sold at $1.06, tied to $74.16 stock

Financials

BAC Bank of America Corporation – 19,000 of the May 14 calls were bought for $0.36 to open.

ACE ACE Limited – 3000 of the May 65 calls were bought for $3.00.

Healthcare

PFE Pfizer Inc. – Nearly 5000 of the September 20 calls were sold at $1.39 with the stock right at its 52 week high. 

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