by Bob von Halle | Nov 22, 2019 | Commentary, Options
GM has come down in price significantly in past few days to hit close to its clear support zone around the $34 level. Have seen a pick up in call option buying today, specifically with over 11,000 of the Jan 17th expiration 37 calls trading at $.58 with implied...
by Bob von Halle | Nov 6, 2019 | Commentary, Options
From the good folks at Trade Alert, LLC (www.trade-alert.com) who track daily activity across the options market. They are the best trade service that I subscribe to: As follows….. EEM – Call buyers go on a $26M spending spree in Emerging Markets ETF....
by Bob von Halle | Nov 4, 2019 | Commentary, Options
Seen very heavy call option buying in AT&T (T) this morning, dominated by over 80,000 Jan 2020 expiration $41 call strike price. Over 80,000 of this contract have been purchased in very large block size between $.41-$.44 with the stock in the area of $39.18.
by Bob von Halle | Oct 28, 2019 | Commentary, Options
A fresh example of something we see with increasingly frequency in the options market….unusual heavy volume trades seemingly out of the blue in names that normally have modest activity. Latest case in point is Tiffany (TIF) which over the weekend received a $120...
by Bob von Halle | Oct 1, 2019 | Commentary, Options
So far this has not proven to be a winning trade, but the largest single name stock option volume by a landslide belongs to Halliburton, where over 65,000 of the November 15th $20 strike calls have traded so far today. The vast majority traded between $.78-.$87...
by Bob von Halle | Sep 16, 2019 | Commentary, Options
Plenty of activity across the entire energy spectrum today with many smaller/mid cap E&P companies up almost 15% in many cases (ECA, MRO, WPX, APA to name a few) and service companies up almost 10% (SLB, HAL for example). But one name stands out in particular for...
