Stats of the Week

That's So Unusual

The week in unusual activity

XRT Put Spreads: Paper bought 10,000 XRT April1 45/43 put spreads for .58 & 10,000 of the regular April 45/43 put spreads trade .61. 

SVU Call Buyer: A trader covered a short position by buying 7,000 SVU April 5 calls for .80.

EWI Call Spread: Paper sold to close 11,000 EWI April 12 calls and bought 11,000 EWI April 13 calls paying between .20 & .25.

ULTA Ratio Call Spreads Trade: 6480/3240 ULTA Mar 160/170 calls went up in two blocks on the ARCA.   

XRT Puts Roll Up and Out: 15000 XRT Apr 40/Jun 42 put spreads went up in 2 blocks on the PHLX

Puts Trade in WETF: 1584 WETF Jun 12.75 puts went up in one block on the AMEX marked Out of Sequence

Calls & Puts Trade in HLT: 10000 X 5000 HLT Apr 20 puts over Apr 21/22 call spreads went up in three blocks on the CBOE marked spread.  

Puts Trade in BTU: 9925 BTU Apr 3 puts went up in 1 block on the ARCA.  

CPB 1-by-2 Put Trades: Paper bought 25,000 CBP 60 puts for 1.85 & sold 50,000 May 55 puts at .65 against it.

LGF Calls Trade: Over 9,000 LGF calls have traded, primarily the March 25 strike

Call Action in DUST: Paper bought thousands DUST March 5 & April 5 calls, the biggest trade being the April 5 calls tied to stock for .45. 

Massive Midterm Call Buying in VALE: 29400 VALE Apr 5.5 calls went up in one block on the PHLX.

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Inverse, Skip-Strike Butterflies

Today, we are reviewing Option Playbook Radio 76: Inverse Skip-Strike Butterflies. If you need to brush up on the inverse skip-strike butterfly, you can find that on pages 112 (calls) and 115 (puts) of The Options Playbook. You can also find all of this information on OptionsPlaybook.com.

This time Brian discusses:

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