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The Trader's Ledger

All the trades, alerts & insights that fit the screen.

$LGND bears triple their money

Ligand Pharmaceuticals fell sharply in midday trading today, handing huge gains to downside option traders. On Jan. 10, Investitute’s proprietary programs flagged the purchase of 1,750 February $120 puts for $6.90 as part of a bearish spread with shares at $133.50. Open interest in the strike was a mere 9 contracts before the trade occurred, […]

By Mike Yamamoto · Jan 16, 2019

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Najarian Brothers See Unusual Option Activity in $AA & $FCX with @jimcramer

On today’s CNBC Halftime Report, Jon and Pete Najarian are seeing unusual option activity in $AA & $FCX. Jon is seeing unusual activity in $AA, as traders purchased over 4,000 of the March $32 calls for 1.15. Jon bought these calls and plans to hold them through the company’s upcoming earnings report. Jon also updated the trade in […]

By Chris Sykora · Jan 15, 2019

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Bulls double their money in $C

Citigroup proved doubters wrong after releasing its quarterly results, and option traders are reaping the rewards. On Dec. 13, Investitute’s tracking systems detected the purchase of 20,000 February $60 calls for $1.24 to $1.46 as part of a bullish roll with shares at $56.20. Open interest in the strike was only 2,211 contracts before the […]

By Mike Yamamoto · Jan 15, 2019

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$EXEL bulls post sixfold profits

Option traders racked up enormous gains on upside positions in Exelixis today. On Oct. 29, Investitute’s market scanners identified the purchase of 10,000 February $16 calls for $1.35 as part of a bullish roll with shares at $14.22. Open interest in the strike was a mere 126 contracts before that session began, showing that it […]

By Mike Yamamoto · Jan 15, 2019

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Traders keep winning in $CZR

It took just three sessions for bullish option traders to collect more profits in Caesars Entertainment. On Jan. 9, Investitute’s proprietary programs found that 10,000 Weekly $9 calls expiring on Jan. 25 were purchased for $0.13 to $0.16 with shares at $7.77. This was clearly a new position, as open interest in the strike was […]

By Mike Yamamoto · Jan 15, 2019

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Najarian Brothers See Unusual Option Activity in $SBUX, $MU & $KEY

On today’s CNBC Halftime Report, Jon and Pete Najarian are seeing unusual option activity in $SBUX, $MU and $KEY. Jon sees unusual activity in SBUX, where 10,000 of the February $60 calls were bought for 4.75 as part of a bullish roll. Jon bought these calls and plans to be in them for about a month. Jon also […]

By Chris Sykora · Jan 14, 2019

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$SPOT calls double bulls’ money quickly

Option traders have already doubled their money on upside positions opened in Spotify only one session ago. On Jan. 11, Investitute’s market scanners identified the purchase of 1,500 January $124 calls for $2.20 as part of a bullish spread, rolled from an existing in-the-money trade, with shares at $120.25. This was clearly fresh buying, as […]

By Chris Sykora · Jan 14, 2019

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$DAN bulls triple their money

Dana has rebounded sharply in the New Year, returning exponential gains on upside option positions. On Dec. 13, Investitute’s tracking systems detected the purchase of 2,600 January $14 calls for $0.80 to $0.90 with shares at $13.79. Volume was well above the strike’s open interest of 1,967 contracts before that session began, showing that this […]

By Mike Yamamoto · Jan 14, 2019

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$PCG put prices rocket 4-fold

Bearish option traders scored huge gains as shares of PG&E fell today. On Jan. 11, Investitute’s proprietary programs flagged the purchase of 24,800 February $15 puts for $1.50 as part of a bearish spread with shares at $17.50. Volume was well above the strike’s open interest of 6,008 contracts before that session began, showing that this was a […]

By Chris Sykora · Jan 14, 2019

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$SQ call buyers turn fast profits

Option traders have nearly doubled their money on upside positions opened in Square only a few days ago. On Jan. 8, Investitute’s market scanners identified the purchase of 4,900 January $63 calls for $2.84 to $3.05 with shares at $63.17. This was clearly fresh buying, as volume was far above the strike’s open interest of […]

By Mike Yamamoto · Jan 11, 2019

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Cheap bets pay off big in $CZR

It took only a few sessions for bullish option traders to ring up exponential profits in Caesar’s. On Jan. 9, Investitute’s market scanners found that 3,000 Weekly $8 calls expiring this afternoon were purchased for $0.15 with shares at $7.75. This was clearly fresh buying, as open interest in the strike was a mere 124 […]

By Mike Yamamoto · Jan 11, 2019

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$GLUU calls up sixfold in week

Option traders are reaping exponential profits on bullish options opened in Glu Mobile on Monday. On Jan. 7, Investitute’s proprietary programs flagged the purchase of 2,700 January $9 calls for $0.10 to $0.15 with shares at $8.52. This was clearly fresh buying, as volume was well above the strike’s open interest of 1,879 contracts before […]

By Mike Yamamoto · Jan 11, 2019

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Jon Najarian Sees Unusual Option Activity in $JNJ & $NVDA

On the CNBC Halftime Report, Jon Najarian saw unusual option activity in $JNJ and $NVDA. Jon saw unusual activity in JNJ, where traders were buying 7,300 of the March $140 calls for 0.69. Jon bought these calls and plans to be in them through earnings at the end of the month, into the next month. Jon also saw […]

By Chris Sykora · Jan 10, 2019

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