MARY4MONEY
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msg #83921
- Ignore MARY4MONEY |
12/6/2009 5:52:34 PM
Bullish Call FlowStock Calls xNormal onAsk
MAS 1804 3.76 98%
CNO 5682 2.34 93%
JOE 1129 6.07 88%
MHLD 1839 24.20 85%
NOVL 1624 7.55 72%
SNV 5935 2.59 71%
FMER 1021 14.80 70%
MTG 5249 6.73 64%
PMI 1110 2.33 64%
ROC 3764 33.61 64%
2009-12-04 close
Premium: Maiden Holdings Ltd (MHLD) $7.71 +2.25%Posted on December 4th, 2009 1:19 pm by fredruffy in All Stocks, Insurance, Small Cap StocksProperty and casualty insurance company Maiden Holdings (MHLD) is seeing action for a second day. MHLD made the list of “less actively names seeing bullish order flow yesterday” — see 3:45 color — as players bought to open new positions in MHLD Feb and May 7.5 calls. Today, shares are up 15 cents to $7.69 and options volume is running 20X the average daily on increasing interest in May 7.5 calls, with 1576 traded (88 percent ask-side). Open interest is 937 and so this looks like opening call buyers for a second day. --------------------------------------------------------------Premium: Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM) $24.90 +4.75%Posted on December 4th, 2009 1:57 pm by fredruffy in All Stocks, Mid Cap Stocks, Software & Computer ServicesAkamai (AKAM) gapped higher and is up $1.25 to $25.02 after two firms upgraded the stock. Citi raised it to Buy from Hold with a $21 price target on improving eCommerce trends. Oppenheimer upgraded AKAM to Outperform from Perform with a $30 price target, saying revenues troughed in 2009 and valuations should ramp as top line improves. The comments hold some sway, because they come ahead of a Dec 7 analyst day. Meanwhile, options volume is running 4X the average daily, with help from a Jan 20 - 26 call spread, sold 4450X at $4.10, which is possibly a roll up in strikes. Dec 24, 25, and 26 calls are seeing interest as well.----------------------------Premium: Financial Select Sector (XLF) $14.49 +0.90%Posted on December 4th, 2009 1:40 pm by fredruffy in All ETFsBig Print in the Select Sector Financials (XLF) today after an investor bought 55,000 March 14 calls at $1.36 per contract. Shares are up 15 cents to $14.51 and hearing the premium purchase, which looks opening, was untied. Meanwhile, XLF Dec 15 puts and calls have both traded 65000X. The top trade is a block of 16,479 Dec 15 calls at 16 cents each on ISE, which is an opening customer buyer, according to ISEE data. In fact, ISEE data indicate that 42K calls (or 77 percent of the volume on the ISE today) have been bought-to-open. Meanwhile, 2,625 puts (or 13 percent of the volume) are opening buyers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Premium: Research In Motion Ltd (RIMM) $59.02 +1.03%Posted on December 4th, 2009 12:38 pm by hschwartz in All Stocks, Large Cap Stocks, Technology Hardware & EquipmentNotable upside call action in RIMM today, with a buyer of 25,000 Jan 80 calls for 30c, possibly adding to a similar sized block bought for 61 cents on Nov 5 when shares were near current level of $58.80. 10,000 Jan 70 calls also on the tape with customer buyers paying from 99cents to 1.11 earlier today. ATMIV in RIMM has crept from mid 50s to mid 60s since mid Nov. -------------------------------------------------------------Premium: Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc (KERX) $2.85 -4.04%Posted on December 4th, 2009 11:38 am by hschwartz in All Stocks, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology, Small Cap StocksUnusual put activity in Keryx Biopharm today, with 23,000 contracts trading vs 392 calls, as shares trade 4% lower near $2.85. Early buyers paid 35 to 55cents for nearly 5000 Jan 2.5 puts, and later the Jan 2.5-5 put spread was sold 7000x for $1.55. Typical daily put volume in KERX is fewer than 150 contracts and today’s 26K is a ytd record. ------------------------------------------------------------------Rambus Inc (RMBS) $21.29 +5.19%Posted on December 4th, 2009 9:55 am by fredruffy in All Stocks, Mid Cap Stocks, SemiconductorsThe rally in Rambus (RMBS) continues. Shares added 8.9 percent yesterday and showed relative strength late in the day, even as the broader market came under fire during the final hour. Today, shares are up another $1.32 to $21.56 and touched a new 52-week high on news Samsung will begin offering a 1 Gigabit XDR DRAM memory device and broaden the use of XDR technology for gaming, electronics, and computing. XDR DRAM is a component of Rambus’s XDR Memory architecture and, according to BWS Financial analysts, the news is positive for RMBS because “momentum could build in the stock because of the potential revenue growth the co could realize in the long-term”. Options are actively traded as well, with 11K calls and 830 puts traded so far. Jan10 17.5s leading
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Option Volume Leaders as of 4:20 PMPosted on December 3rd, 2009 4:20 pm by TradeAlert in AutoPost
Symbol
Name
Contracts
Calls
Puts
Spot (Delayed)
Spot Chg
BAC
Bank of America Corporation
1,029,633
52.3%
47.7%
$15.76
+0.11
C
Citigroup Inc
393,998
62.4%
37.6%
$4.05
-0.05
AAPL
Apple Inc
188,588
54.3%
45.7%
$196.48
+0.25
AMZN
Amazon com
162,912
58.3%
41.7%
$141.17
-1.08
JPM
JP Morgan Chase and Co
130,895
64.8%
35.2%
$41.4
-0.53
WFC
Wells Fargo and Company
127,343
45.4%
54.6%
$26.49
-0.96
GE
General Electric Company
109,751
59.0%
41.0%
$16
-0.07
INTC
Intel Corporation
102,546
67.7%
32.3%
$19.87
+0.15
RIMM
Research In Motion Ltd
99,812
57.8%
42.2%
$58.42
-1.39
ETFC
E Trade Financial Corporation
93,870
69.4%
30.6%
$1.68
-0.07
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