Options Flow Recap July 19th

Macro / Thematic

VIX - 19,000 of the September 16 puts were bought for $0.29.

XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR  - 32,000 of the September 83 calls were sold at $0.94. The trade appears to be to open and possibly tied to 300K shares at $77.29. 

Options Flow Recap June 21th

Macro / Thematic

SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF  – 25,000 of the  July 129 / 125 put spreads were bought for $1.08.

GDX Market Vectors Etf Trust – 2250 of the August 59 calls were sold at $0.77. The calls were sold to open.

Spread ETF's by FactorShare

Just got the heads up from IB about these new spread ETF's.  They look awesome but don't trade much.  It would be cooler if they had options.

From the e-mail I received from IB:

We are pleased to announce the launch of FactorShares -- five innovative, first-to-market spread ETFs --through our partner, Factor Advisors. The initial five FactorShares ETFs pair up major asset classes from among the S&P 500 Index, US Treasury Bonds, Gold, Oil and the US Dollar, and include:

• FSE: FactorShares 2X: S&P500 Bull/TBond Bear
• FSA: FactorShares 2X: TBond Bull/S&P500 Bear
• FSU: FactorShares 2X: S&P500 Bull/USD Bear
• FOL: FactorShares 2X: Oil Bull/S&P500 Bear
• FSG: FactorShares 2X: Gold Bull/ S&P Bear