Peak May call open interest totals a hefty 13, 593 contracts at the out-of-the-money 80 strike.
Peak front-month call open interest, meanwhile, numbers 3, 905 contracts at the November 57.50 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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Peak May call open interest resides at the out-of-the-money 12 strike, totaling roughly 59, 325 contracts.
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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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For September, peak call open interest resides at the 27.50 strike, with nearly 17, 000 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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Peak call open interest, meanwhile, lies at the January 2012 200 strike, totaling 7, 239 contracts.
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This heavy overhead call open interest means that investors do not expect Pepsi to fall much further.
By comparison, peak October call open interest totals a mere 4, 358 contracts at the in-the-money October 190 strike.
In other words, put open interest is nearly in parity with call open interest in the December series.
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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.
Overall, MMM has attracted total call open interest of 130, 504 contracts, compared to put open interest of 125, 272 contracts.
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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.
In the December series of options, Apple sports call open interest of 245, 428 contracts versus put open interest of 243, 170 contracts.
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Peak July call open interest totals 16, 454 contracts at the 2.50 strike, while another 10, 964 are open at the 4 strike.
Taking a closer look, we find that peak November call open interest totaled a hefty 7, 901 contracts at the out-of-the-money 70 strike.
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In the front-month November series (contracts expiring on the 19th), peak call open interest resides at the 15 strike, totaling 13, 016 contracts.
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Call open interest in the front month appears to have been largely built up by investors initiating bullish stances on the stock.
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This heavy-handed optimism and skew toward overhead call open interest indicates that investors expect MGM to rally despite its poor technical picture.
The September 24 strike carries peak front-month call open interest of 12, 214 contracts, while the September 25 call has 8, 142 contracts outstanding.
In the December series, BBY has attracted total call open interest of 82, 231 contracts, compared to put open interest of 60, 802 contracts.
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Call open interest, meanwhile, is beginning to accumulate at the June 12 ad 13 strikes, with roughly 15, 000 contracts open at each strike.
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Peak October call open interest resides at the 420 strike, totaling 62, 323 contracts, while another 52, 382 calls are open at the in-the-money 415 strike.
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Furthermore, peak call open interest for the front three months of options resides at the deep out-of-the-money 70 strike, totaling more than 10, 000 contracts.
Resistance for the SPX is at the round-number 900 area, which is home to the heaviest out-of-the-money call open interest in the May series.
Peak November call open interest totals 5, 054 contracts at the 130 strike, while peak front-month put open interest numbers 6, 003 contracts at the 80 strike.
For instance, in the front-month January 2012 series of options, call open interest numbers 107, 848 contracts, compared to put open interest of 99, 254 contracts.
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Peak call open interest totals 611 contracts at the August 55 strike, while peak put open interest numbers 243 contracts at the June 50 strike.
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The SOIR for NVS stands at 1.09, as put open interest outnumbers call open interest among options slated to expire in less than three months.
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