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Largest option buying in equities so far

By optionMONSTER,  October 25, 2012, 12:29:20 PM 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.

International Paper (IP): Some 30,000 January 43 calls were bought for 0.10 as investors look for upside in the share price. IP fell 3.20 percent to $35.22.

Groupon (GRPN): About 30,000 April 4 calls were bought for $1.20 as investors look for the shares to bounce. GRPN fell 0.57 percent to $4.40.

Facebook (FB): Investors bought the November 23 puts for $1.30 and sold the November 20 puts for $0.30. Known as a put spread, the trade cost $1 and will earn 200 percent if the social-networking stock closes at $20 or lower on expiration. FB is down 1.64 percent to $22.85.

Microsoft (MSFT): Investors purchased 5,000 October 28 puts for $0.18, positioning for downside in the software maker. MSFT rose 0.05 percent to $27.92.




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: FB, GRPN, IP, MSFT



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Most Active by Volume:

Company Last Sale Change Net / %
BAC $ 13.44 0.07  0.52%
F $ 14.95 0.10  0.66%
CLWR $ 3.40 0.14  4.29%
SIRI $ 3.515 0.02  0.43%
MSFT $ 34.85 0.23  0.66%
CSCO $ 24.01 0.07  0.27%
MRK $ 47.33 2.12  4.69%
PFE $ 28.78 0.08  0.28%