Options

On CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report", Pete Najarian said that he noticed unusually high options activity in ArcelorMittal SA (ADR) (NYSE: MT). Traders were buying the June 21.50 calls, which expire on Friday, June 30. Around 11,000 contracts of the June 21.50 calls were traded on...

Benzinga Pro provides its subscribers with real-time alerts of potentially market-moving options activity. Here's a recap of the options alerts from Friday, June 23, 2017. All timestamps are in Eastern Time. 3:48:42 pm: NAT Nordic Am Tankers Aug 5.0 Puts Sweep: 918 @ ASK $0.30: 970 traded vs 8...

Dan Nathan spoke on CNBC's "Options Action" about unusually big options activity in Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST). The options volume was three times the average daily options volume and there was one particularly large trade during the day. When the stock was trading at...

Steve Sosnick, the chief options strategist at Interactive Brokers, shared with the viewers of Bloomberg Markets an options strategy in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS). He wants to sell the June 215 put and buy the July 215 put for a total cost of $2.80. For the trade to become profitable,...

On CNBC's "Trading Nation", Todd Gordon of TradingAnalysis.com spoke about a bullish trading idea in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). He thinks the stock is going to move to $400 in the short term. To make a bullish bet, Gordon wants to buy the July 395/400 call spread for $1.55 and he wants...

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 Thursday’s regular session. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (...

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 Thursday's regular session. Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ)...

Benzinga Pro provides its subscribers with real-time alerts of potentially market-moving options activity. Here's a recap of the options alerts from Thursday, June 22, 2017. All timestamps are in Eastern Time. 3:59:55 pm: SNAP Snap Oct 18 Put; 2000 @Bid @$3.30 Ref= $17.64 3:42:22 pm: LXRX...

Speaking on Bloomberg Markets, Alon Rosin of Oppenheimer suggested that investors should consider buying protection in PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF) (NASDAQ: QQQ). He wants to buy the August 138/132 put spread for $1.25. The trade breaks even at $136.75 or 2.84 percent below the current...

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. HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ) Nov 16.0 Puts...

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. Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) Jan18...

Benzinga Pro provides its subscribers with real-time alerts of potentially market-moving options activity. Here's a recap of the options alerts from Wednesday, June 21, 2017. All timestamps are in Eastern Time. 3:25:08 pm: SNAP Snap Jun 30 17.5 Put; 3586 @Bid @$0.75; Ref= $17.27 2:44:55 pm:...

On CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report", Jon Najarian spoke about unusually high options activity in Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ: SGMS). The options traders were buying call options as the stock reached its new 52-week high. Around 9,000 contracts of the October 28 calls were bought...

For the most part it’s a quiet time in the markets as far as earnings goes, but tech bellwether Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after market close today, June 21. Due to the size and scope of its business, as well as generating over half its revenue...

Blame it on bottom-fishing or bullish biases, but one of this year's worst-performing commodities still has supporters in the world of exchange traded products where the slumping United States Oil Fund (NYSE: USO) has been attracting new money. Bear Territory "In spite of the sell-off...