9000 SGMS Jan 2017 30 calls went up in 1 block on the CBOE.? Total volume is over 20000 contracts on big blocks all going up on or near the offer.

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SGMS

Shares of Scientific Games Corp (SGMS) are up .29 to 15.83. ?SGMS is trading near the top of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 9000 SGMS Jan 2017 30 calls for 1.50.
  • The ADV is 4392 contracts.
  • The OI is 137188 contracts.

The volume went up in 1 block on the CBOE.? Total volume is over 20000 contracts on big blocks all going up on or near the offer. ?The trader is either closing the calls or adding to a massive position.? IV is up in Jul as call buyers bid over the OI today.

  • IV 30 is trading 60%.
  • HV10 is trading for 31%.
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

Scientific Games Corporation is a developer of technology-based products and services and associated content for the gaming and lottery industries. The Company operates in three segments: Gaming, Lottery and Interactive. Gaming segment designs, develops, manufactures, markets and distributes gaming machines, VLTs, server-based gaming machines, casino-management systems hardware and software, table game products, video lottery central monitoring and control systems.

 

Calls trade in CREE- calls and stock go up

CREE

Shares of Cree, Inc. (CREE) are down .50 to 25.53 today. CREE is making a 52 week low.

  • Paper traded 10000 CREE Nov 30 calls for 1.08 today. ?
  • The ADV is 6688 contracts. ?
  • The OI is 157 contracts.

The volume went up in one block on the PHLX marked buy-write.? 270000 shares of CREE traded 25.23 through the posted bid at the time.? This is about delta neutral to the calls and indicates a call buyer and stock seller.

  • IV 30 is trading for 35%.
  • HV10 is trading for 54%.
  • IV 30 is above the HV 10.

Cree, Inc. is a manufacturer of lighting-class light emitting diode (LED) products, lighting products and semiconductor products for power and radio-frequency (RF) applications.

Calls trade in XOMA

XOMA

Shares of XOMA Corp (XOMA) are down .16 to 3.72 today.? ?XOMA is in the middle of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 9525 XOMA Aug 4 calls for 1.40.
  • The ADV is 4829 contracts.
  • The OI is 7727.

The volume went up in one block on the CBOE marked price variation. ??This trade went up taking the offer on the calls with no stock of size near the delta of the call block.? For now this is a straight block of calls looking for a move higher.? The high IV indicates some drug trial data is due soon.

  • IV 30 is trading for 250%.
  • HV10 is trading for 79%.
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

XOMA Corporation is engaged in the discovery and development of antibody-based therapeutics. The Company’s lead product candidate, gevokizumab, is a potent, humanized allosteric-modulating monoclonal antibody that binds to the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta).