In-the-money calls are popular with buyers positioning for shares to appreciate, while out-of-the-money calls suggest more of a mixed picture.
You construct this strategy by purchasing one out-of-the-money call or put and selling two deeper out-of-the-money calls or puts in the same expiration month.
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These effects will be greater for in-the-money calls and out-of-the-money puts.
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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.
Investors picked up in- and out-of-the-money calls in the Sept.
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Options traders positioning for shares in the name to move higher this week snapped up in- and out-of-the-money weekly calls on the stock today.
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While it would take additional data to confirm, I suspect (based on technicals that I will get to in a moment) that this activity represents options traders closing out front-month February calls in favor of back-month March calls.
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Nearer-term options players are buying more of the calls exchanged at out-of-the-money strikes as compared to those selling the contracts.
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Speculative bullish activity is heaviest in the front month, with deep out-of-the-money calls seeing the most volume.
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As the stock continues to stagnate beneath trendline resistance, these out-of-the-money calls could provide an additional layer of options-related pressure.
Trading traffic is heaviest in the front month where investors are picking up out-of-the-money calls at every available strike price.
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Investors snapped up out-of-the-money calls in the front month, suggesting the stock may have more room to run in the near term.
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One way to play it would be to buy insanely out-of-the-money calls on the index, say 15-year options with a strike price of 40, 000.
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Options expiring in November, December and January 2011 are the most heavily trafficked right now with the greatest volume generated in out-of-the-money calls in these expiries.
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As for pricing, it just so happens that the premium you collect for the three out-of-the-money calls you are selling would be just a little more than the cost of buying two at-the-money calls.
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To construct a short strangle, the trader sells an equal number of out-of-the-money puts and calls with the same expiration.
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Another 23, 299 calls are open at the further out-of-the-money December 420 strike.
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The most popular strikes for the weekly February series are the out-of-the-money 140 and 150 calls, which have each seen volume about 2, 500 contracts.
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