Mike Khouw Sees Unusual Options Activity In Market Vectors Oil Services ETF

On CNBC's Options Action, Mike Khouw spoke about a bearish options trade that he noticed in Market Vectors Oil Services ETF OIH on Wednesday. The options trading volume was approximately 4 times higher than the average daily volume and Khouw explained that the action was unusually large because an institutional trader decided to roll out a bearish trade opened back in December. The trader sold to close 20,000 contracts of the February 34 puts and bought 30,000 contracts of the April 30 puts for $1.25. For this trade to be profitable Market Vectors Oil Services ETF would have to trade to $28.75 or 15 percent lower at the April expiration.
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