Largest option buying in equities so far

By optionMONSTER,  November 02, 2011, 12:17:17 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.

Bank of America (BAC): Investors bought about 10,000 January 2014 10 calls for $1.38, looking for upside. BAC rose 4.22 percent to $6.67.

General Motors (GM): Investors bought more than 5,000 November 27 calls for $0.16 to $0.19, but volume was below open interest. GM fell 0.04 percent to $23.32.

Sysco (SYY): Investors bought more than 9,000 May 25 puts, positioning for downside. SYY rose 1.14 percent to $27.51.

Dynegy (DYN): More than 7,000 December 2 puts were bought for $0.40 as investors positioned for downside. DYN fell 0.29 percent  to $3.39.




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, DYN, GM, SYY



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Most Active by Volume:

Company Last Sale Change Net / %
S $ 7 0.32  4.37%
PFE $ 29.10 0.30  1.02%
BAC $ 13.19 0.08  0.60%
MU $ 13.97 0.22  1.60%
SIRI $ 3.37 0.03  0.88%
GE $ 23.98 0.35  1.44%
QQQ $ 72.76 0.82  1.11%
ELN $ 14.15 0.37  2.69%