Options Oddities

Options Oddities 217: TWTR, RIO, INTC

Unusual Activity for July 2, 2015:

Near term puts trade in Twitter, Inc. (TWTR)

Collars go up in Rio Tinto PLC (RIO)

Put seller in Intel Corp. (INTC)

Options Oddities 216: XOMA, SMGS, CREE

Unusual Activity for July 1, 2015:

Calls trade in XOMA Corp. (XOMA)

OTM calls trade in Scientific Games Corp. (SMGS)

Calls and stock go up in Cree, Inc. (CREE)

Options Oddities 215: BWP, PE, SYY

Unusual Activity for June 30, 2015:

Calls and puts trade in Boardwalk Pipeline Partners (BWP)

Near term call buyers in Parsley Energy Inc. (PE)

Call block goes up in SYSCO Corp. (SYY)

Options Oddities 214: CSTM, EDU, XIVY

Unusual Activity for June 29, 2015:

OTM calls trade in Constellium NV (CSTM)

Ratio call spreads trade in New Oriental Education and Tech (EDU)

Call block goes up in ProShares VIX Short Term Futures ETN (XIVY)

Options Oddities 213: APC, FIT, ARIA

Unusual Activity for June 26, 2015:

Butterfly trader in Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC)

First put buy in Fitbit Inc. (FIT)

Put and stock trade in Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARIA)

Options Oddities 212: ARCP, ABT, HCA

Unusual Activity for June 25, 2015:

Jan call buyers in American Realty Capital Properties (ARCP)

Calls and puts trade in Abbott Labs (ABT)

Call sellers jump in HCA Holdings Inc. (HCA)

Options Oddities 211: SPLS, EBAY, WWE

Unusual Activity for June 24, 2015:

Time spreads go up in Staples, Inc. (SPLS)

Huge call spreads in eBay Inc. (EBAY)

OTM calls trade in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Options Oddities 210: LULU, T, BTU

Unusual Activity for June 23, 2015:

Upside call buyers in Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU)

Big call blocks in AT&T Inc. (T)

Calls trade in Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU)

Options Oddities 209: EWG, HRB, WMB

Unusual Activity for June 22, 2015:

Call buyers jump in iShares MSCI Germany Index (EWG)

Calls and stock go up in H&R Block (HRB)

Puts trade in Williams Companies Inc. (WMB)

Options Oddities 208: COTY, GDX

Unusual Activity for June 19, 2015:

Big call buyers in Coty Inc. (COTY)

Put spreads trade in Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX)