Thursday, August 11, 2011

Options Flow Recap Aug 11th






Macro / Thematic

GLD SPDR Gold Trust - 20,000 of the September 158 calls were sold to buy the December 195 / 205 call stupid collecting $7.15 on the leg legs. The December  call stupid was bought to open.

SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF - 100,000 of the September 124 calls were bought for $0.24 early in the day's session. The calls were bought to open.



VIX saw 110% the normal volume with 305K calls and 325K puts traded.  Some large trades in the pit:
·         Buyer 10,500 Dec 35 calls vs 26.20, d-neu for 2.50
·         Seller 5,000 Aug 40 calls at 2.50
·         Buyer 5,000 Dec 35 calls for 2.50
·         Buyer 5,000 Oct 22.5/Dec 20 put spreads for .60
·         Seller 4,000 Aug 22.5/32.5/40 call flys at 2.50
·         Buyer 4,000 Aug 40/60 call flys for .85
·         Seller 4,000 Sep 25/30 put spreads vs 28.25, 18 delta at 3.175
·         Buyer 4,000 Aug 32.5 puts for 1.85
·         Buyer 2,500 Aug 27.5/30 put spreads for .50
·         Buyer 2,000 Aug 32.5 puts vs 36.40, 26 delta for 1.55


 IV Changes
Largest IV Increases: CIS, HEK, CPHD, SGEN, JNS, FXEN, RENN, RRGB, FO, SUG
Largest IV Decreases: CSCO, EAT, CSR, HBC, AAP, NWSA, FXI, FXP, EQR, OII
Consumer

CCL Carnival Corporation  – 3500 of the September 30 calls were sold at $1.80. The calls were sold to open.

CVS CVS Caremark Corporation  – 3300 of the September 35 calls were bought for $0.58. The calls were bought to open.


Energy


LDK LDK Solar Co., Ltd (ADR): buyer 3,000 Dec 5 puts for 1.70

BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated  – 2200 of the August 57.5 puts  were bought for $1.30. The puts were bought to open.



DNR Denbury Resources Inc.  – 3000 of the March 15 puts were sold at $2.20. The puts were sold to open.

SLB Schlumberger Limited.   – 4400 of the November 95 calls were bought for $1.10. The calls were bought to open.



WMB Williams Companies, Inc. – 10,100 of the August / January 20 call spread were bought for $0.50. The spread was a roll from the August 20 calls to the January 20s.


Industrials / Materials

TXT Textron Inc. – 8000 of the January’13 20 calls were sold at $2.20. The calls were sold to open.

TIN Temple-Inland, Inc. – 5000 of the August 20 puts were bought for $0.15. The puts were bought to open.

OSG Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. – 5000 of the Janaury’12 19 calls were bought for $2.45. The calls were bought to open.


Tech

EK Eastman Kodak Company : seller 4,000 Aug 2.5 puts at 67






ARMH ARM Holdings plc (ADR)– 2500 of the August 23 / 25 put spread was bought for $0.85.

ASIA AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. - 20,000 of the January 7 puts appeared sold at $1.11 and the January  12 / 17 call spread bought for $1.66 20,000x. The position looks tied to 900,000 shares at $10.00

ELX Emulex Corporation - 2500 of the October 8 calls were bought for $0.30. The calls were bought to open. The company reported after the close today Q4 EPS $0.16 ex-items vs Reuters $0.10, Revenues $123.4M vs Reuters $119.8M. Q1 Guidance:
EPS $0.10-0.12 ex-items vs Reuters $0.15, Revenues $114-118M vs Reuters $124.1M

ORCL Oracle Corporation - 8000 of the December 32 calls were bought for $0.86.


JDSU JDS Uniphase Corporation: buyer 3,854 Aug 11 calls for 1.13




Financials

ALL The Allstate Corporation  - 23,500 of the January 30 / 33 call spread was sold at $0.43. The trade appears to be a roll down in strikes from the January 33 calls to the 30s.

BAC Bank of America Corp  - 15,000 of the August (12th weekly) 6 / 7 put spread to buy the August 6 / 7 put spread was bought for $0.06. The trade is a roll from the weekly expiring tomorrow to the put spread expiring next Friday.

Citigroup Inc.  - 7500 of the October 37 calls were sold at $0.85 to buy the September  20 / 27 put spread for $1.15. The three leg trade appears to be opening all around and not tied to stock.


WFC Wells Fargo & Company : seller 4,000 Jan 28/32 call spreads at 1.00


Healthcare

AFFY Affymax, Inc.  - 3300 of the September 4 puts were sold at $0.30. The puts were sold to open.

ENZN Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.   - 2500 of the February 7.54 / 10 strangle appeared sold at $0.70. The strangle was sold to open.

JNJ Johnson & Johnson - 4000 of the September 62.5 puts were sold at $1.70. The puts were sold to open.


PFE Pfizer Inc. : seller 3,600 Jan 20/22.5 call spreads at 34




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