Dyax Corp And Juno Therapeutics Share Soar As Exact Science And PDL Bioscience Stock Fall To The Floor Following Index Rebalance


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


Around Midday on Thursday Dyax Corp (NASDAQ: DYAX) shares soared over 10% and Juno Therapeutics (NASDAQ: JUNO) rose ~8 percent ahead of reports that NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index (NYSE: BTK) rebalanced its portfolio on Wednesday. Dyax and Juno Therapeutics will replace PDL Bioscience (NASDAQ: PDLI) and Exact Science (NASDAQ: EXAS) , both stocks fell ~3 percent before reports could confirm the rebalancing.

Action in all 4 biotech stocks was compounded as First Trust's NYSE Arca Biotech Index Fund (NYSE: FBT) would also be rebalancing. According to a note received by Benzinga produced by Cowen Group, the First Trust fund reportedly made the following transactions:

  • Added 3,776,600 shares of Dyax Corp 
    Added 1,972,00 shares of Juno Therapeutics
  • Deleted 20,076,800 shares of PDL BioPharma
  • Deleted 4,559,00 shares of Exact Sciences

Just after 1:00PM EDT First Trust's NYSE Arca Biotech Index Fund traded up almost 2.30 percent.


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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