Notable option trades in equities
Nearing the halfway mark in today's session, here are the individual equity names with unusual option activity on optionMONSTER's ActionTracker data system.
Ally Financial (ALLY): More than 7,000 March 24 calls were sold as investors abandoned long positions in the auto lender. ALLY fell 2.10 percent to $22.81.
Parsley Energy (PE): About 5,000 June 10 puts were bought, mostly for $1.25, as investors seek protection against a drop in Austin-based oil and gas company. PE fell 2 percent to $12.24.
Anheuser Busch InBev (BUD): About 10,000 March 130 calls were bought for $0.80 as investors look for the beer stock to rally. BUD rose 0.28 percent to $113.92.
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