Largest option buying in equities so far

By optionMONSTER,  November 15, 2011, 11:21:05 AM EDT

Nearing the halfway mark in today's session, here are the individual equity names with the most call and put buying on optionMONSTER's ActionTracker data system.

Yahoo (YHOO): A long position in 30,000 December 16 calls was rolled to the April 16 strike. YHOO fell 1.28 percent to $15.795.

Bank of America (BAC): More than 20,000 December 7 calls were purchased, mostly for $0.17, as investors positioned for upside in the stock. BAC rose 2.31 percent to $6.19.

Dell (DELL): About 5,000 May 13 puts were bought for $0.85 as investors guarded against a drop. DELL rose 1.31 percent to $15.52.

Microsoft (MSFT): About 6,000 November 26 puts were bought for $0.11, but volume was below open interest. MSFT fell 0.08 percent to $26.54.

Disclosure: Russell owns BAC calls.




The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.


This article appears in: Investing, Options

Referenced Stocks: BAC, DELL, MSFT, YHOO



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Most Active by Volume:

Company Last Sale Change Net / %
BAC $ 13.43 0.07  0.52%
CSCO $ 24.24 0.35  1.48%
MSFT $ 34.87 0.79  2.32%
F $ 15.08 0.44  3.01%
ARUN $ 13.10 4.51  25.61%
SIRI $ 3.50 0.05  1.45%
GE $ 23.46 0.19  0.82%
S $ 7.32 0.04  0.55%