Most Active Stock Options October 30, 2009 & Trading Activity
As of today the top ten stock options traded were:
- S&P 500 SPDR (NYSE:SPY) November 105 Put Options
- S&P 500 SPDR March 91 Put Options
- S&P 500 SPDR March 92 Put Options
- S&P 500 SPDR November 104 Put Options
- PowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQQ) December 40 Put Options
- S&P 500 SPDR November 103 Put Options
- S&P 500 SPDR November 106 Call Options
- PowerShares QQQ November 41 Put Options
- S&P 500 SPDR November 106 Put Options
- S&P 500 SPDR November 102 Put Options
As
you can see there is mainly bearish betting going on in the options
market. I believe we could see this market trade down to 900 on the
S&P before we can move higher. It would be nice to see the market
pair some of its losses next week, but in anticipation for Friday's
unemployment report, I believe we could see continued weakness in the
early part of next week. I actually opened a put spread on the Dow
Diamonds ETF (NYSE:DIA) for the November 95/90. I opened this position
on slight volatility collapse before the weekend at roughly 3:45 PM. I
also closed my put position on the Direxion Financial 3X Bull
(NYSE:FAS) as it neared $1050 per option contract. I will look to
reopen it if we can get some strength Monday. As stated Wednesday,
there was some bullish option betting going on as we approached a 5%
replacement from the highs on the S&P, and it looks as if it was
the right play if closed yesterday. However today I did not see any
similar bullish activity as the market dropped below that same 5%
level, therefore I cannot say we should get any strength in the coming
week. One thing I noticed on Citigroup (NYSE:C) as it traded within
pennies of its Wednesday low was that some buying came into it pushing
it back up to as high as 4.15. I am using weakness to get into stocks
and ETF's that I feel I have missed out on, but I am selling put
options on them. I feel this is the best way to take advantage of
getting the stock lower, and taking advantage of the rising volatility
we are seeing in the market. Have a good weekend
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