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Large Microsoft Option Traders Selling Friday Calls Following Recent Rally
2019 Aug 19, 3:05pm | 690Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares have rallied more than 3% off of last Wednesday’s lows when a yield curve inversion in U.S. Treasuries sparked an 800-point drop in the Dow. However, heavy selling in weekly Microsoft call options on Monday suggests option traders don’t see...
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Jon Najarian Sees Unusual Options Activity In Microsoft And KRE
2019 Aug 17, 1:45pm | 141Read More...On CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report," Jon Najarian said options traders were buying short-term options in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Friday. They were buying the Aug. $140 calls that are expiring next Friday. Almost 12,000 contracts were traded in the first half of...
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Dan Nathan Sees Unusual Options Activity In GrubHub
2019 Aug 16, 11:43am | 172Read More...On CNBC's "Options Action," Dan Nathan spoke about unusually high options activity in GrubHub Inc (NYSE: GRUB). He said that put options volume was three times the call options volume and the most active were the September 50 puts. Around 9,000 contracts of the Sept. $50 puts were...
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Todd Gordon's iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Trade
2019 Aug 16, 7:14am | 173Read More...Todd Gordon of TradingAnalysis.com spoke on CNBC's "Trading Nation" about a bearish options trading idea in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (NYSE: EEM). He noticed the stock broke below its trendline and he expects to see more downside going into the end of the year. Gordon added...
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Najarian Brothers See Unusual Activity In FXI, XLI And More
2019 Aug 15, 4:43pm | 264Read More...On CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report," Jon Najarian said he saw unusually high options activity in the Nov. $39 calls in iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (NYSE: FXI). Almost 16,000 contracts were traded and Najarian followed the trade. He is going to hold the position for two...
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What The Option Market Is Saying About General Electric Following Fraud Allegations
2019 Aug 15, 3:15pm | 653Read More...General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) took a 13% hit on Thursday after Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos bashed GE for allegedly committing insurance fraud that was "bigger than Enron and WorldCom combined." The allegations triggered an extreme amount of unusually large GE options...
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Mike Khouw Sees Unusual Options Activity In CBOE Volatility Index
2019 Aug 15, 10:59am | 139Read More...Mike Khouw spoke on CNBC's "Options Action," about unusually high options trading volume in CBOE Volatility Index. He explained that over 27 million contracts were traded in the name and the 50-day moving average of the volume was 18.9 million contracts. Khouw noticed a purchase...
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Crazy Action In AMD Options As Traders Take Sides In Volatile Market
2019 Aug 14, 1:50pm | 654Read More...The combination of a breakdown in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China and a major yield curve inversion in the U.S. bond market has shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) trading down 7% on Wednesday. Investors are getting more pessimistic about the outlook for U.S. stocks,...
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Jon Najarian Sees Unusual Options Activity In Mondelez And iShares Silver Trust
2019 Aug 13, 5:51pm | 174Read More...Jon Najarian spoke on CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report" about unusually high options activity in Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) and iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV). Options traders traded almost 12,000 contracts of the Sept. $57.50 calls in Mondelez, in the first half...
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Todd Gordon's Cisco Options Trade
2019 Aug 13, 5:50pm | 198Read More...On CNBC's "Trading Nation," Todd Gordon of TradingAnalysis.com suggested a bullish options trading idea in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO). Gordon sees support for the stock in the $51 region. He noticed a double bottom pattern on the stock's chart, which he sees as a...
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How Option Traders Are Playing Grupo Financiero Galicia Following Argentina Market Crash
2019 Aug 13, 3:11pm | 608Read More...Shares of Argentine bank Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (NASDAQ: GGAL) have crashed 50% this week amid one of the worst equity market collapses in recent global history in Argentina. At least one large option trader took the opportunity to make a move on Grupo Financiero Galicia on Tuesday morning....
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Large Option Trader Sells TG Therapeutics Calls After Big Run
2019 Aug 12, 4:52pm | 533Read More...TG Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: TGTX) shares were trading higher for much of Monday's session before closing down 0.83%, and one large options trader was taking profits. The Trade On Monday morning, Benzinga Pro subscribers received an option alert due to an unusually large TG...
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CNBC's Option Guru Previews Walmart Trade Ahead Of Q2 Report
2019 Aug 12, 10:15am | 446Read More...Retail giant Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) is scheduled to report second-quarter results Thursday morning, and the options market is pricing a 4% move in either direction, CNBC contributor Michael Khouw said during Friday's "Options Action." What Happened Walmart's stock is not known...
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Large Option Trader Buying Nektar Calls Following Stock Crash
2019 Aug 09, 2:03pm | 629Read More...Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) crashed more than 30% Friday after the company reported a huge second-quarter sales miss. Nektar also said manufacturing problems may have impacted the results of several studies of its NKTR-214 cancer treatment drug, which it has been testing in combination with...
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Pete Najarian Sees Unusual Options Activity In iShares Silver Trust And First Horizon National
2019 Aug 07, 5:14pm | 165Read More...On CNBC's "Options Action," Pete Najarian spoke about unusually high options activity in iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV). He noticed a lot of activity in the Sept. 17 calls at 35 cents to 40 cents. Najarian likes the risk-reward and he decided to get a long position. He expects that...
