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Unusual Options Activity: CSX Corp. (CSX)
Bet on railroad firm getting back to 52-week high.The February 2020 $77.50 call options onCSX Corp. (CSX) saw 2,000 contracts trade, an 18-fold increase over the prior open interest of 114. With…
Sep 16, 2019
Three Good Investments From Negative Interest Rates
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Sep 13, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: New York Community Bancorp (NYCB)
October put buying suggests shares will remain weak. The October 18th $12 put options onNew York Community Bancorp (NYCB) saw an unusual amount of trading volume with over 8,700 contracts trade…
Sep 13, 2019
Insider Activity: Cars.com Inc (CARS)
CEO makes six-figure buy.Thomas Vetter, president and CEO atCars.com (CARS), picked up 11,000 shares recently, increasing his total share stake to just under 270,000 shares, making for a 4.5 percent…
Sep 13, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Vale (VALE)
Bet on rally in Brazilian ore play in next month.The October 4th $12.50 call options inVale (VALE) saw heavy trading recently. With shares around $11.80, the option is a bet on shares moving another…
Sep 12, 2019
Insider Activity: At Home Group (HOME)
Multiple insiders buy this week. In the past week, multiple insiders have been buyers atAt Home Group (HOME). That includes a 4,000 share buy by the company’s Chief Development Officer, a 64,000…
Sep 12, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: TAL Education Group (TAL)
Straddle trade bets on shares moving sideways in next month. October 18th $35 call options onTAL Education Group (TAL) saw 6,100 contracts trade, on the same day 6,200 $35 put options traded on the…
Sep 11, 2019
Insider Activity: Cigna Group (CI)
President & CEO makes a 32,000 share buy.Cigna Group (CI)President & CEO David Cordani picked up 32,509 shares recently. The buy increased his stake in shares to over 357,500 shares, and the…
Sep 11, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Hanesbrands (HBI)
Bet on double-digit drop in shares by February.The January 2020 $16 put options onHanesbrands (HBI) saw nearly 7,000 contracts trade, a 28-fold surge in volume over the prior open interest of 243.…
Sep 10, 2019
Insider Activity: Granite Construction (GVA)
Senior VP buys nearly $100k in shares.Kyle Larkin, a Senior Vice President atGranite Construction (GVA), picked up 3,500 shares of the company, increasing his stake by nearly 73 percent. The cost…
Sep 10, 2019
Insider Activity: Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF)
Multiple insider buys over past few weeks.Multiple insiders have been buying shares of Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) in the past few weeks. Directors John Baldwin, Eric Rychel, Ann Harlan and Robert Fisher…
Sep 9, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Home Depot (HD)
Volume soars on late September calls.The September 20th $245 call options onHome Depot (HD) saw nearly 8,900 contracts trade against an open interest of 123. That’s a 72-fold surge in volume that the…
Sep 9, 2019
Profit From Weathering a Storm
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Sep 6, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Put option buying bets on decline.The October 4th $26 put options on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw over 10,400 contracts trading—a 41-fold increase over the prior open interest of 250 contracts.…
Sep 6, 2019
Insider Activity: Coty Inc (COTY)
Directors make multi-million dollar buy. Multiple insiders are making a buy at cosmetic companyCoty (COTY). On September 4th, director Robert Singer bought 35,000 shares, a $325,000 purchase that…
Sep 6, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Netflix (NFLX)
Shares to head higher through October.Over 10,500 contracts traded on the October $285 call option on Netflix (NFLX), a 76-fold increase in volume given the contract’s prior open interest of 140.…
Sep 5, 2019
Insider Activity: 8×8 (EGHT)
CEO adds over 3,000 shares.Vikram Verma picked up over 3,000 shares of8×8 (EGHT), where he serves as CEO. The buy cost just over $73,000 and leaves the CEO with just over 889,000 shares of the…
Sep 5, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: ExxonMobil (XOM)
Bet on major share price decline by June.Over 1,070 contracts traded on the June 2020 $40 puts onExxonMobil (XOM), a 10-fold surge in volume based on the prior number of open contracts. With a…
Sep 4, 2019
Insider Activity: FGL Holdings (FG)
Major hedge fund owner adds to stake of life insurer. Hedge fund Blackstone Group, already a 10 percent owner, has added toFGL Holdings (FG) with a 167,000 share buy. With a cost of $1.3 million, it…
Sep 4, 2019
Wolfe Research Upgrades Big Banks
Trading revenue likely to rise in coming quarters. Although big banks have struggled as fears of lower interest rates indicate a slower economy and slower lending activity, some analysts are seeing…
Sep 4, 2019