Call volume now averages over 10 million minutes a day, three times the level in August.
On Wednesday, call volume came in at 177, 758 contracts, versus put volume of 151, 935 contracts.
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The stock saw call volume of 24, 783 contracts yesterday, compared to 17, 695 put contracts.
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Specifically, 9, 785 puts traded on the stock, versus call volume of just 7, 516 contracts.
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Call volume swelled to 85, 642 contracts, compared to volume of 33, 943 put contracts.
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In other words, call volume has more than doubled put volume ahead of the event.
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So the customers called back, with the result that total call volume increased and customer satisfaction fell.
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Specifically, DIS has seen put volume of 5, 771 contracts compared to call volume of 1, 846 contracts.
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This heavy flow of call volume has left a buildup of open interest in the October series.
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So far today BIDU has seen call volume of 29, 655 contracts, compared to put volume of 20, 969 contracts.
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In fact, DRYS saw call volume of 5, 568 contracts compared to put volume of only 1, 356 contracts.
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Thus far, put volume has swelled to roughly 6, 200 contracts, versus call volume of about 6, 100 contracts.
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The stock saw call volume of 46, 044 contracts on Thursday, compared to put volume of 29, 964 contracts.
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The recent trend of heavy put volume on indexes and equally weighty call volume on equities continued on Tuesday.
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Specifically, 37, 362 puts traded on the stock, versus call volume of 45, 956 contracts.
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That kind of call volume can weigh down any IT department, but the USPS had another problem to deal with.
Overall, SOHU call volume has swelled to nearly nine thousand contracts, versus put volume of merely 4.4 thousand contracts.
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In fact, SBUX saw call volume of more than 21, 000 contracts yesterday, compared to put volume of 13, 601 contracts.
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Today, however, call volume has gained the upper hand, with more than 6, 380 contracts trading, compared to volume of 4, 276 puts.
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Call volume was high, but not overly so, with 462 compared to a daily average in February of 404, she added.
Total call volume at that strike has topped 2, 100 contracts, which is substantial compared to previously existing open interest of 450 contracts.
More than 71, 600 of these bearishly oriented options traded on NTAP on Wednesday, compared to call volume of about 44, 500 contracts.
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Options traders have also gotten in on the act, with GRPN put volume easily outstripping call volume in the early going.
As for call volume, weeklys are once again the most actively traded.
For instance, DRYS has seen call volume of nearly 2, 000 contracts so far today, compared to put volume of roughly 750 contracts.
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In the options pits, put volume has already topped 8, 000 contracts in early action, compared to call volume of roughly 6, 000 contracts.
Taking a closer look reveals that peak call volume on the session took place at the September 5 strike, where roughly 17, 000 contracts traded.
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Given the that VIX spiked more than 11% higher on Friday, a spike in call volume is not too out of line for options activity.
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Looking further out, put premiums are significantly elevated as far out as the January '08 series, and the call volume is nowhere near as pronounced.
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