Options

On CNBC's Options Action, Mike Khouw said that he has noticed a big bullish trade in Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) on Thursday. The options volume increased and it reached 1.5 times average daily volume. One trader bought a large quantity of the November 62.5 call options, betting that the stock...

On CNBC's Options Action, Mike Khouw said that Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) had more than three times average daily call volume on Tuesday. The December 20 strike was among the most active and the traders were paying $0.50 for it. For this trade to be profitable, at the December expiration,...

Dan Nathan spoke on CNBC's Options Action about the price action in SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY). He said that the options trading volume was almost two times higher than the average daily volume on Monday and the puts outnumbered calls three to one. Nathan noticed one big trade that...

Last week ended on a terrible note with a 0.7 percent drop in the Dow, 1.2 percent drop in S&P and small caps and a whopping 2.5 percent drop in the Nasdaq. The week was undoubtedly bearish and the score board showed it. All indices have broken long standing trends. The small caps are 13...

CNBC Options Action's Mike Khouw spoke on the show about his expectations for Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) ahead of earnings, scheduled for October 16. There was a lot of bearish activity in the options market, but Khouw noticed that

Recently, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) was upgraded by JP Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth with a $64 price target. Twitter has been a strong stock lately despite the market weakness, so here's a look at an options play on Twitter, known as a cash secured put. The idea behind a cash secured put is that...

Mike Khouw said on CNBC's Options Action that he noticed unusual bullish activity in JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). He explained that, on Monday, the call options trading volume was two times higher than the average, and on Tuesday, it was three times above the average volume. The...

Dan Nathan spoke on CNBC's Options Action about a trade in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) that caught his attention. He said that the options trading volume was not high, as around 70 percent of average daily volume was traded. He noticed that 6,000 contracts of the October 2015 82.50 call options were...

Although markets ended last week on an up note, the bulls sustained a lot of damage as investors reacted to negative headlines. The good jobs number fueled Friday's pop because it suggested that the U.S. economy is still intact. While Friday's upsurge appears to have been a relief pop,...

CNBC Options Action's Dan Nathan spoke on the show about an unusually high put options volume in Transocean LTD (NYSE: RIG) and said he believes that the increased activity in puts might be an attempt to protect a long position. He said that the stock is down 36 percent on the year and it just made...

With earnings season set to begin next week (Wed., 10/8), here's an options strategy that's perfect for a company about to report. A straddle involves buying both a call and a put at the same strike price (at-the-money) at the same time. With options, you buy a call if you expect the market to...

On CNBC's Options Action, Dan Nathan spoke about an options trading strategy that he noticed on Monday in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA). He said that somebody placed a large bet that the stock is going to trade range bound in the next six weeks by selling 3,000 contracts of the November 85...

On Monday, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) options opened for trading. Alibaba options opened with eight different expiration cycles ranging from October 2014 to January 2017. Within the expiration cycles, the at-the-money options are trading with $2.50-wide strikes, whereas further...

Last week was volatile, but the bulls scored psychological and technical wins. Psychologically, the bulls withstood an onslaught of negative headlines and lived to tell about it. Technically, the weekly candles bounced off the lows and held some important trendlines. The fight been the bears...

On CNBC's Options Action, Carter Worth shared his analysis of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). He used technical analysis to explain reasons behind his bearish outlook for the retailer. Worth said that the stock significantly underperformed peers in the last two months. While American Eagle...