Options

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Monday’s regular session. Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP): Jan 19 $11...

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Monday's regular session. Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (NYSE...

Speaking on CNBC's "Options Action," Dan Nathan suggested investors with a long position in AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) should consider a covered call strategy. Nathan wants to sell the October 39 call for 38 cents against a long stock position. With the sale of the stock, he can increase his yield...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Carter Worth gave a bearish view on Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT). He said that the industrial stocks are very correlated and he showed several industrial names that broke its up-trend line. Only Caterpillar is trading above its trend line, and Worth believes that it is...

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Friday’s regular session. Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:...

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Friday's regular session. Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU): Jan...

Chris Kettenmann of Marco Risk Advisors spoke on Bloomberg Markets about a bearish options strategy in Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLE). He thinks crude oil is going to trade lower in the long term and he wants to use a risk reversal options strategy in Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) to...

On CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report", Jon Najarian said that options traders were aggressively buying the December 55 calls in Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC). Around 5,000 contracts were traded in the first half of the trading session on Friday and Najarian decided to follow the...

U.S. small-caps and the related exchange traded funds continue lagging their large-cap counterparts and some traders are growing concerned the condition is set to worsen for smaller stocks. Year-to-date, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE: IWM), the largest small-cap ETF, is up just 2.7 percent...

Speaking on CNBC's "Options Action", Mike Khouw said he was watching the change in the open interest of the media stocks on Thursday. He added that Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) had the biggest change in open interest among them. The open interest in the October 105 calls in Time Warner...

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Wednesday's regular session. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:...

On CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report", Jon Najarian spoke about bullish options activity in Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU). He said traders were aggressively buying the September 33 calls. They paid around 50 cents for them, which sets the break even for the trade at $33.50 or...

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Wednesday’s regular session. J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP...

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Wednesday's regular session. Ctrip.Com International Ltd (ADR...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) reports first-quarter earnings for fiscal 2018 before market open on Thursday, August 17. The stock has rallied a substantial amount since the start of 2017 on strong results in fiscal 2017 and management’s updated outlook for...