Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Options Flow Recap Aug 10th



Macro / Thematic

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx – 76,000 of the September 39 / 36 put spread was bought for $0.87. The trade was tied to stock at $39.50.

SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF: seller 70,000 Sep 112 quarterly puts at 5.84, selling 55,000 Sep 115 quarterly puts at 6.96
SPY: buyer 22,000 Aug 108 puts for 2.05
SPY: seller 15,000 Aug 109 puts at 1.95




VIX saw 110% the normal volume with 312K calls and 301K puts traded.  Some large trades in the pit:
·         Seller 29,000 Sep 24 puts at 1.85
·         Buyer 20,000 Sep 35/47.5 call spreads for 1.65
·         Seller 10,000 Oct 25 puts at 2.85
·         Seller 7,900 Oct 24 puts at 2.20
·         Seller 7,000 Aug/Sep 30 call spreads at 1.30
·         Seller 7,000 Oct 18 puts at .30
·         Buyer 5,000 Sep 50 calls at 1.00
·         Seller 8,000 Sep 25 puts at 2.50 (4K), 2.45 (4.5K)
·         Seller 3,500 Sep 50 calls at 1.05
·         Seller 2,500 Aug 30 puts at 1.95
·         Buyer 2,000 Aug 35 calls for 3.10



 IV Changes
Largest IV Increases: HBC, HCBK, FAZ, CSE, HIG, XLF, SKF, USB, DUK, WFC
Largest IV Decreases: VSEA, HAR, CREE, BJ, OKE, SUG, PGH, FXF, ABH, GA


Consumer

AXL American Axle & Manufact. Holdings, Inc.   – 6750 of the January’12 7.5 puts were bought for $0.90.

JBLU JetBlue Airways Corporation  – 2000 of the December 3 puts were bought for $0.30.

SPLS Staples, Inc. – 4850 of the December 13 calls were sold at $0.825. The calls were sold to open.

URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. – 20,000 of the March 20 puts were sold at $1.25. The puts were sold outright and to open. The investors risk is that being put stock at an effective price of $18.75, which is 31.5% below the current price over the next 220 days.


Energy

HES Hess Corp. – 2500 of the September 50 puts were bought for $2.20. The puts were bought to open.

KMP Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   – 2400 of the September 72.5 calls were sold at $1.00. The calls were sold to open.

MMP Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. – 2500 of the September 60 calls were sold at $0.95. The calls were sold to open.


Industrials / Materials

CX Cemex SAB de CV (ADR)  – 4260 of the January 5 / 3 1x2 put spread was sold at $0.36. It appears to be a roll down in strikes.

HRBN Harbin Electric, Inc.  – 2150 of the December 20 calls were bought for $1.85.

MT ArcelorMittal (ADR)  – 43,650 of the September 35 calls were bought for ~$0.08.

TIN Temple-Inland, Inc. – 7000 of the August 27 calls were sold at $0.60. The calls were sold to open.


Tech

CREE Cree, Inc.  – 10,000 of the September 40 / 47.5 1x2 call spread was bought for $0.68.

SAP SAP AG (ADR)   – 6900 of the August 50 puts were sold at $1.35. The puts were sold to open.

SNDK SanDisk Corporation – 10,000 of the September 37 / 41 put spread was sold at $2.325.

AT&T Inc.  – 3550 of the April 31 calls were sold at $0.83. The calls were sold to open.


Financials

BAC Bank of America Corp – 19,400 of the January’13 of the 12.5 calls were sold at $0.72. The February 14 calls were also appeared sold at $0.14, 19600x. Also a buyer 10,000 Jan 6 puts vs 6.86 d-neu for 1.34

BCS Barclays PLC  – 10,500 of the August 14 calls were sold at $0.05.

Citigroup Inc. – 20,000 of the January 30 puts were bought for $5.70. The trade was delta neutral tied to 940,000 shares at $29.30.


Healthcare

HCA HCA Holdings Inc  – 10,000 of the December 20 / 25 call spread was bought for $1.35. The call spread was bought to open.

PCYC Pharmacyclics, Inc.  – 6000 of the August 9 puts were sold at $0.35. The puts were sold to open. 

TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd  – 5000 of the September 35 / 30 put spread was bought for $0.68. Separately, the December 40 / 47.5 call spread was bought for $2.17. The call spread was bought to open.





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