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Jon Najarian Sees Unusual Option Activity in $UAA & $MGM

On today’s CNBC Halftime Report, Jon Najarian is seeing unusual option activity in $UAA and $MGM. Jon is seeing unusual activity in UAA, where traders were buying 4,700 of the August $21 calls for about 0.28. Jon bought these calls, noting that the market may be beginning to respond favorably to Mohamed A. El-Erian’s new position on Under […]

By Chris Sykora · August 13, 2018
Jon Najarian Sees Unusual Option Activity in $UAA & $MGM

On today’s CNBC Halftime Report, Jon Najarian is seeing unusual option activity in $UAA and $MGM.

Jon is seeing unusual activity in UAA, where traders were buying 4,700 of the August $21 calls for about 0.28. Jon bought these calls, noting that the market may be beginning to respond favorably to Mohamed A. El-Erian’s new position on Under Armour’s Board of Directors.

Jon also sees unusual bullish activity in MGM, where 12,000 of the September $30 calls were purchased for 0.61 as part of a bullish spread. Jon bought these calls and plans to be in them through about Labor Day.