Option Flow Recap March 24th

Macro / Thematic

Financial Select Sector SPDR (ETF) XLF - May 15/19 strangle sold @ $0.21 6,886x

 more after the jump

Consumer

Gannett Co., Inc. GCI - Traded 8X average puts as 4,000 May $15 puts were bought at $0.90 and 

> 2,000 April $15 puts bought at $0.50. Very bearish.

Energy

Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. YGE - 5k May 11 puts bought to open @ $0.55

Nabors Industries Ltd. NBR - A trader bought 2k April 30 calls and sell 1k April 27 puts

Industrials / Materials

Steel Dynamics, Inc.  STLD - A trader bought 2500 Aug 23 calls.  Traders continue to stay bullish this name. 

Tech

Ebix, Inc. EBIX - got hit hard today with traders referencing this article.  See our trade of the day for more info. 

Apple Inc. AAPL - 6k March 350/355 weekly bull verticals trade @ $0.10

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation CY - April 19 & 20 puts were being bought about 

10k

Financials

Citigroup Inc. C - One trader sold 50,000 may 4.5 calls @ $0.15, sold 50,000 June 4 puts @ $0.07 & sold 50,000 Sept 4 puts @ $0.15 vs 4.39 stock.  Odd trade.  The Jan 12 4/5 strangle was also bot for $0.52 25,000x.  There was also a lot of call buying the front month 4.5's. 

Bank of America Corporation BAC - 50k May 21 puts trade @ .21

Healthcare

Pfizer Inc. PFE - 50k Jan 25 calls bought at $0.70.

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