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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Investors are exchanging roughly 1.6 call options on JCP for each single put option in action.
Overall, investors are trading roughly 35 call options on HIG for each single put option in play today.
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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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Options traders are exchanging roughly 1.6 put options on the stock today for each single call option in play as of 12:30pm in New York.
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Approximately 4.1 put options are changing hands on HSBC for each single call option in action today.
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Investors are trading more than two put options on Wells Fargo this afternoon for each single call option in action on the stock today.
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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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Overall, traders are exchanging more than two call options on the drug maker for each single put option in action, out of total daily options volume in excess of 57, 000 contracts thus far today.
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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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As with a short call, when you go short a put, you collect the premium on the option as a credit in your account.
Put options on the XLF are changing hands more than 10 times for each single call option in action as of 11:30 am in New York.
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One other quick point: you may want to start with an out of the money call butterfly or put butterfly in order to lessen the probability of another party exercising an option you sell, as it is detrimental for them to do so while the option is out of the money.
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Investors are favoring call options on the stock, trading more than 2.8 calls for each single put option in play today.
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