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Put Sellers Dive into AAPL

by | Aug 4, 2015 | Unusual Activity

8964 AAPL Sep 110 puts went up in one block on the CBOE marked sweep. ??

Puts trade in AAPL- puts sellers dive in

AAPL

Shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) are down 3.76 to 114.69 today. ?AAPL is trading in the middle of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 8964 AAPL Sep 110 puts at 2.81. ??
  • The ADV is 867k contracts. ?
  • The OI is 18k

The volume went up in one block on the CBOE marked sweep. ??The trade as priced was through the posted bid at the time to fill all of the volume.? The next size trade was an Oct 130/150 call spreads for 1.02.? The high open interest could be a closing position but at minimum the customer is taking profits.

  • IV 30 is trading for 29%.
  • HV10 is trading for 23%.
  • IV 30 is above the HV 10.

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers and portable digital music players and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions and third-party digital content and applications.

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Calls trade in WWAV- Calls rolling to the upside in WWAV

WWAV

Shares of WhiteWave Foods Co. (WWAV) are up .82 to 52.06 today. ?WWAV is trading near 52 week highs.

  • Paper traded 1614 WWAV Oct 45/50 call spreads for 7.80 over 4.30.
  • The ADV is 4777 contracts.
  • The OI is 2518 and 15910 contracts.

The volume went up in 2 blocks as a spread on the CBOE.? This trade looks like a roll from the Oct 45 calls to the 50 calls where a large part of the OI has been rolled up already.? This trader is taking the highs and looking for more upside with money in the bank.? Earnings are on Aug 7th.

  • IV 30 is trading for 38%.
  • HV10 is trading for 16%.
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

The WhiteWave Foods Company is a consumer packaged food and beverage company. The Company manufactures, markets, distributes and sells branded plant-based foods and beverages, coffee creamers and beverages, dairy products and organic produce throughout North America and Europe.

 

Puts trade in TSN- puts trade near the bid

TSN

Shares of Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) are up 2.59 to 42.54 today. ?TSN is near the middle of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 1000 TSN Jan 2016 38 puts for 1.75 today.
  • The ADV is 4074 contracts.
  • The OI is 500 contracts.

The volume went up in 1 block on the CBOE marked Price Variation.? These puts traded close to the posted bid today just after the open.? The trade at minimum was well timed and is opening paper with the puts offered 1.20 now.

  • IV 30 is trading 21%.
  • HV10 is trading for 56%.
  • IV 30 is trading below the HV 10.

Tyson Foods, Inc., is a food production company. The Company?s operations are conducted in five segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork, Prepared Foods and International. Chicken, includes domestic operations related of raising and processing live chickens into fresh, frozen and value-added chicken products, and sales of allied products. Beef, includes operations related to processing live fed cattle and fabricating dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. Pork, includes operations related to processing live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products.