At 10 a.m. the interest rate on call money at the Exchange was fairly normal around 6 percent.
Taking a closer look reveals that peak October put open interest totals 4, 444 contracts at the deep out-of-the-money 110 strike, while peak call open interest numbers 3, 791 contracts at the out-of-the-money October 150 strike.
For example, Verizon (VZ) currently yields 5.4% and selling a roughly at the money one-year call option yields another 7%.
The most active strike was the at-the-money August 40 call, where more than 7, 500 contracts traded on open interest of 4, 638 contracts.
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So a lot of our portfolio positioning, at this point, is geared toward what we call money-printing beneficiaries, meaning that ideas and positions that we believe will not only weather an environment where governments are printing a lot of money, but even benefit and provide an insurance policy for our investors.
Following at a close second is the in-the-money October 370 call, which has seen 4, 717 contracts traded on open interest of 13, 689 contracts.
Peak May call open interest resides at the in-the-money May 26 strike, totaling 126, 632 contracts, while another 97, 495 are open at the overhead May 27 strike.
Taking a look at the front-month series, we find peak call open interest at the out-of-the-money November 44 strike, totaling 4, 879 contracts, while another 4, 424 contracts are open at the November 43 strike.
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Peak November call open interest resides at the out-of-the-money 3 strike, totaling nearly 15, 000 contracts.
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Arriving at a distant second is the out-of-the-money October 60 call, where 15, 936 contracts reside.
Peak May call open interest resides at the out-of-the-money 12 strike, totaling roughly 59, 325 contracts.
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The majority of the bullish TXN call options are situated at the out-of-the-money 27.50 and 30 strikes in the September and October series.
The next most popular strike is the just out-of-the-money weekly November 27 call, where nearly 5, 200 contracts had changed hands at last check.
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Peak call open interest for May lies at the in-the-money 32.50 strike, and there are virtually no out-of-the-money calls in open interest in the back-month June series.
The out-of-the-money September 14 call is the most popular among options speculators, with open interest resting at 7, 796 contracts.
Peak June call open interest currently resides at the deep out-of-the-money 15 strike, totaling 24, 461 contracts.
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On the call side, peak open interest lies at the out-of-the-money January 2012 50 strike, totaling 16, 959 contracts, while 11, 126 calls are open at the October 50 strike.
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Meanwhile, peak November call open interest totals 8, 565 contracts at the out-of-the-money 42 strike.
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By comparison, peak October call open interest totals a mere 4, 358 contracts at the in-the-money October 190 strike.
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Meanwhile, call buying was more prevalent than selling at the most active nearer-to-the-money strikes in the front month.
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Peak call open interest, however, resides at the deep-out-of-the-money October 410 strike, where some 54, 021 contracts lie in wait.
Peak call open interest in the weekly February series resides at the out-of-the-money 225 strike, where more than 6, 500 contracts reside.
With all that in mind, I would look at selling the January 65 call and its probability of 20.49% of being in the money or over 79% of being out of the money.
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Peak May call open interest totals a hefty 13, 593 contracts at the out-of-the-money 80 strike.
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