Andy wanted some assurance he would get to keep his profits, just like his bosses were doing with their regular sales of in-the-money options.
The blue line shows the number of shares which would be outstanding if all in-the-money options and warrants were exercised at the given share price.
The subsequent surge in Harley-Davidson shares inspired the investor to sell the now in-the-money call options and roll the bullish stance to a higher strike price.
Options traders positioning for further upside in the near term picked up out-of-the-money call options in the first hour of the session.
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Other strategists displayed optimism on the gaming stock by selling in- and out-of-the-money put options expiring in August.
For these reasons, account managers are resigned to the fact that repricing volume will likely continue to flourish in the months ahead as issuers exercise what amounts to in-the-money call options.
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Investors eyeing the breathtaking drop in shares of the airline operator snapped up in- and out-of-the-money put options across multiple expiries.
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One alternative you could consider amid the global uncertainty is a stock-replacement strategy, where you sell stocks that you like and buy in-the-money or longer-dated call options on those same equities.
Finally, the sale of two sizable chunks of in-the-money April contract call options generated big gains for another EEM-bull this morning.
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Additionally, another 13, 000 contracts are open at the deep out-of-the-money 65 strike in the front three months of options.
Selling in- and out-of-the-money call options on Marvell Technology Group has been a popular pastime for some pessimistic players recently and today is no exception.
After slashing positions in the previous report, managed-money accounts lightly boosted exposure to gold futures and options in the disaggregated report, increasing their net-long position to 86, 926 contracts.
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If the stock price climbs, that option liability grows larger as all of the outstanding stock options move more in-the-money and become more valuable.
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The heaviest volume in GameStop options centers in out-of-the-money puts expiring on Friday.
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Front month put positioning contrasts with April expiry activity in far out-of-the-money put options.
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Delta on the contracts currently points to a less than 1% chance the options will land in-the-money, which is consistent with the collapse in the value of the contracts to mere pennies today.
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In the front-month series of options, the out-of-the-money November 26 and 27 strikes are most heavily populated.
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Managed-money accounts in the disaggregated report trimmed their net-long gold futures and options positions to 60, 126 contracts.
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Managed-money accounts in the disaggregated report added modestly to gold futures and options, increasing their net-long position to 129, 865 contracts.
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This preference for out-of-the-money puts versus in-the-money calls points toward bearish sentiment (i.e. low expectations) from the options crowd.
In the short term, this abundance of out-of-the-money, bearish bets could translate into an options-related foothold for BAC.
In the soon-to-be front-month January series of options, the out-of-the-money 11 and 12.50 strikes are most popular, boasting roughly 10, 250 and 47, 250 calls outstanding, respectively.
And in August, Ron Lieber wrote in the New York Times about options for the fed-up like peer-to-peer lending and the Slow Money movement, where locavore types invest in local food producers.
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DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche , under enormous pressure in Germany to spin off the money-losing Chrysler Group, says all options for the U.S. auto making arm are now on the table.
Managed-money accounts in the disaggregated report added to gold futures and options for the second week in a row, increasing their net-long position to 107, 496 contracts.
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To find the prices of these hypothetical options, you need an implied volatility, which I derived by finding implieds on near-term options which were about 5% in-the-money.
We are seeing evidence in the options market and in short-interest figures that suggests the big money players are returning to the stock market.
In the options market, too, furious trading in well out-of-the-money contracts raised concerns.
If Oladipo maneuvered his way into the bottom of the first round (as projected by DraftExpress in the past), he would receive two-years of guaranteed money along with two years of team options.
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Together with the growing use of employee stock options, money-purchase and individual pensions should give ordinary people a direct stake in the economy.
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