Largest option buying in equities
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.
Micron (MU): More than 28,000 January 15 calls were bought, mostly for $1.41 to $1.47, as investors continue to position for upside in the memory-chip maker. MU fell 0.40 percent to $13.64.
Facebook (FB): A block of 60,000 January 2015 32 calls was sold for $2.18 and 60,000 January 2015 22 puts were bought for $2.50. Known as a collar, the trade cost $0.32 and will hedge against a pullback in the social-media stock. FB dropped 0.95 percent to $25.93.
Dell (DELL): More then 25,000 August 14 calls were bought, mostly for $0.08, but volume was well below open interest at the strike. DELL is down 0.53 percent to $13.05.
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