Investors are exchanging roughly 1.6 call options on JCP for each single put option in action.
But the put option was a nasty sting in the tail once the markets turned mean.
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The put option was largely ignored, much to the regret of many investors, given Tyco's later nosedive.
Traders are exchanging more than 8.4 contracts on Alcoa for each single put option in action this morning.
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Calls are trading roughly 1.8 times to each single put option in play thus far in the session.
You are, in effect, investing in a one-year bond and at the same time selling a put option.
Overall, investors are trading roughly 35 call options on HIG for each single put option in play today.
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In effect, you are giving these guys a free put option, says Gastineau.
Roughly 1.6 call options changed hands on WebMD for each single put option in play thus far in the session.
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Your premium income for writing this risky put option takes the form of an enhanced yield on the bank note.
This is similar to a put option that guarantees investors a minimum price at which they can sell their shares.
Investors are favoring call options on the stock, trading more than 2.8 calls for each single put option in play today.
Most of the options in play are calls, with approximately 3.8 call options trading to each single put option in action.
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Options on Kors are abuzz with after-earnings activity, with around 3.6 call options changing hands for each single put option in play.
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My trading idea is to sell or (for more aggressive investors) buy a put option on EEM, or specifically on EWT or EWY.
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That would still leave Kumho Asiana about 1.7 trillion won short of its obligations under the put option, according to CLSA, a broker.
Calls on NWSA are far more active than puts, with investors exchanging more than 3.5 calls on the stock for each single put option.
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Saban's formidable bargaining skills were earlier used in exercising a put option in the contract with Fox that required Murdoch to buy him out.
Near-term call options are in high demand, with around 22.5 calls changing hands on the stock for each single put option in action today.
Five years later, with Fiat spilling gallons of red ink, the two partners clashed over a put option Fiat negotiated as part of the deal.
More than 63, 000 contracts have traded on Electronic Arts so far today, with approximately three calls changing hands for each single put option in play.
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Buying a put option is an expectation that prices will fall.
More than 15, 600 option contracts changed hands on Adtran by 11:40am, with nearly 3 calls trading on the stock for each single put option in play.
The put option gives buyers of that option the right to sell the index at the strike level of 4600, profitable if the index falls below 4600.
If you are worried about a decline in the market, though, you can also buy put option contracts to cover some or all of that exposure.
Plus, exercising a put option (a contract to sell a security at a set price within a given time period) subjects you to the risks of market timing.
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Near-term calls on Goldcorp are the most active, with overall trading patterns indicating that around 4 call options are changing hands on the stock for each single put option.
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Roughly 88, 000 option contracts have changed hands on RIMM as of midday on the East Coast, with calls trading more than 2.3 times for each single put option in play.
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Buy a put option with a strike above the current price of the index and write a simultaneous put option that has the same expiration month although with a lower strike.
The current regime at Fiat is taking a harder line on the put option not least because the Agnellis, having recapitalised Fiat once, are decidedly reluctant to sink any more money into Fiat Auto.
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