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Unusual Options Activity Today

Bullish Call Activity:

  • S calls are seeing interest with weakness in the underlying stock following T/DTEGY news. So far today 54.9K total calls have traded vs 17.4K total puts. Most notable are the S May 5.5 calls (volume: 36.4K, open int: 12.9K, implied vol: ~57%, prev day implied vol: 47%)
  • EXPR Apr 16.94 calls are seeing interest ahead of earnings Mar 22 before the open (volume: 2550, open int: 310, implied vol: ~56%, prev day implied vol: 46%)
  • DANG Apr 19 calls are seeing interest following M&A speculation (volume: 2290, open int: 730, implied vol: ~73%, prev day implied vol: 70%)

Bearish Put Activity:

  • FCN Jan12 40 puts (volume: 1460, open int: 170, implied vol: ~31%, prev day implied vol: 30%) — co is expected to report earnings early May
  • MNKD May 4 puts (volume: 2010, open int: 5160, implied vol: ~65%, prev day implied vol: 64%) — co is expected to report earnings early May

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.78… VIX: (20.65, -3.79, -15.5%).
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