Options

On CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report", Pete Najarian spoke about unusually high options activity in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG). He noticed that the September 92.50 calls were active in the first half of the trading session on Friday. Around 5,600 were traded for approximately...

Benzinga Pro provides its subscribers with real-time alerts of potentially market-moving options activity. Here's a recap of the option alerts from Friday, July 21, 2017. All timestamps are in Eastern Time. 3:41:59 pm: BJRI BJ's Restaurants Aug 18 $35 Calls at the Ask: 10000 @ $1.601 vs 61...

On CNBC's "Trading Nation", Todd Gordon spoke about a bullish options trading idea in Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL). The stock was in an uptrend in 2016 and it pulled back in 2017. Gordon noticed that it retraced 50 percent of the rally and he expects to see a move higher after the...

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. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Fri...

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. Gap Inc (NYSE: GPS) Aug 18 $24 Calls...

Benzinga Pro provides its subscribers with real-time alerts of potentially market-moving options activity. Here's a recap of the option alerts from Thursday, July 20, 2017. All timestamps are in Eastern Time. 1:50:50 pm: GME GameStop Aug 18 $21 Puts Sweep (25) at the Bid: 958 @ $0.679 vs 868 OI...

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) reports second-quarter earnings before market open tomorrow. It’ll also be CEO Jeffrey Immelt’s last earnings call before stepping down and passing the reigns to John Flannery, who is currently the head of GE’s healthcare division. After 16...

Tech giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) closes out its year and reports fiscal Q4 earnings after market close on Thursday, July 20. In recent news, the company confirmed reports that it is restructuring its global sales team, which includes an undisclosed number of layoffs. The...

On CNBC's "Options Action", Mike Khouw spoke about unusually high options activity in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). The call options trading volume was twice the average daily call volume and Facebook was the most active single stock option. It had 50 percent more volume than Apple Inc...

On Bloomberg Markets, Dan Deming of KKM Financial suggested that traders should consider an options strategy in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), ahead of earnings results. The company is going to report earnings on Thursday and Deming wants to sell the July 74.50 call and buy the August 74.50...

On CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report", Jon Najarian spoke about bullish options activity in Pinnacle Foods Inc (NYSE: PF). He explained that the stock traded higher on rumors about a possible takeover. Najarian noticed unusually high volume in the December 65 calls, but several other...

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. Centurylink Inc (NYSE: CTL) Jan...

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. Weyerhaeuser Co (NYSE: WY) Jul 28 $...

Benzinga Pro provides its subscribers with real-time alerts of potentially market-moving options activity. Here's a recap of the option alerts from Wednesday, July 19, 2017. All timestamps are in Eastern Time. 3:52:55 pm: CTL CenturyLink Jan 19 $22 Puts Sweep (2) at the Ask: 16238 @ $1.925 vs...

Todd Gordon of TradingAnalysis.com recommended on CNBC's "Trading Nation" an options trading strategy in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (ETF) (NYSE: EEM). He wants to buy the August 42 call for $1.53. The trade breaks even at $43.53 or 0.42 percent above the current strike price....