Fast profits for $AMZN put buyers

This morning on Sep. 26, Market Rebellion’s Unusual Option Activity Service found that 25,000 Weekly $120 puts, expiring Sep. 29, were bought for $0.18 to $0.24 with shares at $127.61. This was clearly fresh buying, as open interest in the contract was just 6,199 before the activity appeared.

Those puts have traded for as much as $0.49 this session, a 104.17% return, while the stock fell 1.79% in the same time frame, illustrating the kind of leverage that can be achieved quickly with options.

Long puts lock in the price where a stock can be sold no matter how far it might drop, gaining value in a selloff with the potential for significant leverage. The contracts can be purchased either as an outright bearish bet or a hedge on a long-stock position.