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1 week ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
Bulls are piling up gains in upside option positions today on the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD). On Mar. 17, Market Rebellion’s Unusual Option Activity Service identified the purchase of 10,110 May $282 calls as part of a bullish spread and roll for $5.60 with shares at $276.56. The volume was well above the open interest of 91 contracts at the time, indicating that this was a new position.
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1 week ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
The Metals Company (TMC) option traders are scoring in upside positions. On Mar. 5, Market Rebellion’s Unusual Option Activity Service found that 10,300 April $2.50 calls were bought for $0.14 to $0.15 with shares at $1.71. This was clearly fresh buying, as open interest in the contract was just 7,694 before the activity appeared.
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2 weeks ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
Bulls are piling up gains in upside option positions today on the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD). On Mar. 7, Market Rebellion’s Unusual Option Activity Service identified the purchase of 30,775 Weekly $275 calls, expiring Apr. 11, as part of a complex bullish spread and roll for $3.40 with shares at $269.84 . The volume was well above the open interest of 127 contracts at the time, indicating that this was a new position.
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2 weeks ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
Option traders are scoring in bearish positions opened on Albemarle (ALB). On Feb. 18, Market Rebellion’s Unusual Option Activity Service found that 9,000 June $70 puts were bought for $3.98 to $3.99 with shares at $82.50. This was clearly fresh buying, as the open interest in the contract before the activity appeared was just 2,107.
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2 weeks ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
Option traders are collecting a positive yield in upside positions on the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Fund (TLT) today. On Jan. 13, Market Rebellion’s Unusual Option Activity Service found that 10,000 April $90 calls were bought as part of a complex bullish spread for $1.26 with shares at $85.32. This was clearly fresh buying, as open interest in the contract was just 7,054 before the activity appeared.
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3 weeks ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
Chip makers have been on the decline this month, and option traders have racked up large profits in downside positions in the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor Fund (SMH). On Mar. 31, Market Rebellion’s proprietary programs detected the purchase of 10,000 Weekly $200 puts, expiring Apr. 4, for $1.75 to $1.85 with shares at $207.67. This was clearly a new position, as open interest in the strike was only 2,227 contracts before the activity appeared.
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3 weeks ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
Chip makers have been on the decline this month, and option traders have racked up large profits in downside positions in the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor Fund (SMH). On Mar. 27, Market Rebellion’s proprietary programs flagged the purchase of 10,000 Weekly $212.50 puts, expiring Apr. 4, for $3.13 to $3.15 with shares at $217.38. This was clearly a new position, as open interest in the strike was only 419 contracts before the activity appeared.
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3 weeks ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
Option traders posted big gains on downside positions in the tech-heavy PowerShares QQQ Fund (QQQ) today. On Mar. 25, Market Rebellion’s Unusual Activity programs detected the the purchase of 8,784 April $482 puts as part of a bearish roll for $5.57 above the existing open interest of 79, with shares at $493.21. Those puts traded up to $17.95 today, a 222.26% return, while the stock fell 5.06% in the same time frame, illustrating the kind of leverage that can be achieved quickly with options.
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4 weeks ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
Option traders are scoring intraday profits in upside positions on Avis Budget (CAR) today. On Mar. 27, Market Rebellion’s Unusual Activity Scanners found that 2,000 Weekly $68 calls, expiring Mar. 28, were bought for $0.50 to $0.65 with shares at $66.50. This was clearly fresh buying, as open interest in the strike was only 923 contracts before that session began.
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4 weeks ago | 
marketrebellion.com | Chris Sykora
Bearish option traders who opened downside put positions in Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) earlier this week are making big gains today. On Mar. 25, Market Rebellion’s Unusual Option Activity Service found that 5,500 Weekly $113 puts, expiring Mar. 28, were bought for $1.50 to $1.55 above the existing open interest of 3,278 contracts with shares at $113.64.
