NASDAQ, have bought options exchanges, which enjoy bigger margins than pure stockmarkets.
Kevin Grady, founder of Phoenix Futures and Options, said gold has been under pressure from market participants who bought put options in November and are now exiting those positions in the futures market.
Mr. Jackson's bet: that, because the strike price entitled an investor to own Kimberly-Clark shares at a price lower than the stock's current market price, the investor who bought the call options would exercise the contracts before the ex-dividend date to capture the company's 60 cent-a-share payout (recently increased to 66 cents).
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Its puts and calls are typically exercisable up to six months at prices 20% or more below (or above) the market values of the underlying securities at the time the options are bought.
The ratio only considers options that were bought to open, which makes the data easier to interpret by disregarding option selling.
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In other words, options traders have bought to open DEO puts over calls at a faster-than-usual clip during the past couple of weeks.
Or, simply put, options traders have bought to open PENN puts over calls at a quicker-than-usual clip during the past couple of weeks.
In the options pits, traders have bought to open almost five BIIB calls for every put on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) during the past two weeks.
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The next day, September 22, Darden bought large amounts of AirTran common stock and call options, purchasing a total of 40, 000 shares and 200 out-of-the-money call options.
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Stock-buyback programs were much in vogue in the 1990s, but Arnott says that those programs, for the most part, merely bought back shares that were issued to executives through options.
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Other options, such as selling its American business or being bought by one of the American prime defence contractors, are deeply unattractive to both BAE and the British government.
Towers Perrin's Mr Meischeid spent many hours jetting across the Atlantic this spring trying to explain to a French company that had just bought an American company why the American executives needed to retain their stock options.
During the past 10 sessions, speculators on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) bought to open 11.56 calls for every put on the shares.
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During the past 10 days, speculators on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) have bought to open 1.84 calls for every put on CY.
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During the past 10 days, speculators on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) have bought to open 4.26 puts for every call on DPZ.
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During the past 10 days, traders on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) have bought to open 2.65 calls for every put on the coal concern.
During the past 10 sessions, speculators on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) have bought to open more than 11 puts for every call on the stock.
During the past 10 sessions, speculators on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) have bought to open 1.76 puts for every call on the home goods retailer.
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During the past 10 days, in fact, speculators on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) have bought to open 4.24 calls for every put on the stock.
Digging deeper into data reveals that traders on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) have bought to open 2, 537 puts versus 1, 515 calls during the past two weeks.
The number of open positions in the futures market had surged as many traders went long, or bought on the hope of higher prices, said Kevin Grady, president of Phoenix Futures and Options on the Comex floor.
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During the past 10 days, 4.08 calls have been bought to open for every put on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX).
Additionally, more than six calls have been bought to open for every one put on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) during the prior two weeks.
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On the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), speculators have bought to open almost five OPEN puts for every call during the past two weeks.
On the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), traders have bought to open more than two KBH puts for every call during the past two weeks.
On the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), speculators have bought to open more than six MSFT calls for every put during the past two weeks.
Similarly, puts have been bought to open at a notable clip at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX).
During the past 10 days, speculators have bought to open 1.51 puts for every call on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX).
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