Mike Khouw Sees Unusual Options Activity In SPDR S&P Biotech (ETF)

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Mike Khouw spoke on
CNBC's "Options Action"
about unusually high options volume in
SPDR S&P Biotech (ETF)XBI
. He said that in the first half of the trading session the call options volume in the name was twice the average daily call options volume, and it was largely a result of one trade.

A trader bought the September 75/80/85 call butterfly for $0.85. The trade breaks even at $75.85, or around 9 percent higher, and it can make its maximal profit of $4.15 if it closes at $80 at the September expiration. Above $80, the profit starts to trail off, and the trade starts to lose money above $84.15. It can maximally lose $0.85.

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