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Insider Trading Reports: Crimson Wine Group (CWGL)
Multiple directors, including a major holder, add to stakes.John Cumming, a director atCrimson Wine Group (CWGL), picked up 8,800 shares last week. The buy increased his total holdings to 281,078…
Jan 8, 2020
Unusual Options Activity: BP p.l.c. (BP)
Traders bet high oil prices will persist this month. The January 31st $40 call option onBP (BP), saw a 16-fold rise in volume, going from 186 open contracts to nearly 3,000 contracts trade hands. The…
Jan 7, 2020
Unusual Options Activity: Plains GP Holdings (PAGP)
Traders bet on 10 percent jump by late February.The February 21st 2020 $21 call options onPlains GP Holdings (PAGP), saw a whopping 148-fold surge in trading volume. From 124 open contracts, volume…
Jan 6, 2020
Three Stocks to Buy for 2020
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Jan 3, 2020
Unusual Options Activity: Conoco Phillips (COP)
Traders bet on rally this month.January 24th call options onConoco Phillips (COP) with a $66 strike price saw a 34-fold rise in trading volume. Going from 108 open contracts to nearly 3,700, the…
Jan 3, 2020
Unusual Options Activity: Texas Instruments (TXN)
Traders bet on drop in shares in 2020.The January 2021 $87.50 put options onTexas Instruments (TXN) saw a six-fold increase in volume in trading, going from 104 open contracts to seeing over 630…
Jan 2, 2020
Unusual Options Activity: Target (TGT)
Traders bet on drop in shares in the next 9 days.The January 10th $126 put options onTarget (TGT) saw a five-fold surge in volume, going from 434 open contracts to over 2,050 trade hands. Expiring in…
Jan 1, 2020
Unusual Options Activity: Uber (UBER)
Traders bet on further rally.The February 2020 $30 call options onUber (UBER) saw a 19-fold rise in volume, going from 265 open options to over 5,100 contracts trade hands. Expiring in 52 days,…
Dec 31, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: JD.com (JD)
Traders bet on further rally in shares.The June 2020 $44 calls onJD.com (JD) saw a 20-fold rise in volume, going from 100 open trades to over 2,000 contracts change hands. Shares currently trade just…
Dec 30, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Snap (SNAP)
February call buying suggests further rally.The February 2020 $16 call option onSnap (SNAP) saw a 62-fold rise in volume, going from 182 open contracts to over 11,300 trade hands. With 56 days until…
Dec 27, 2019
Two Royalty Stocks for 2020 (and Beyond)
This high-margin business model spells consistent profits.While there are plenty of business models out there for how to operate a company, a great one for shareholders is in the royalty space.…
Dec 27, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Visa (V)
Traders bet on continued rally.The February $200 call option onVisa (V) saw a 10-fold surge in volume, going from 140 open contracts to seeing over 1,400 trade hands. The bet, expiring in 57 days, is…
Dec 26, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Micron (MU)
Traders bet on continued rally.The January 10th, 2020 $57 call options onMicron (MU) saw a 37-fold rise in volume, going from 139 open contracts to over 5,000. With only 16 days until the option…
Dec 25, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Tesla Motors (TSLA)
Traders bet on drop after massive rally.16 months ago,Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk tweeted about taking the company private at $420 per share. When that deal didn’t go through, shares got…
Dec 24, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: AT&T (T)
Traders bet on rally to continue.January 31st, 2020 $40.50 call options onAT&T (T) saw a 25-fold rise in open interest, going from 205 contracts to over 5,000 trade hands. With 39 days until…
Dec 23, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Intel (INTC)
Traders bet on massive rally in the first half of 2020.July 2020 $65 call options onIntel (INTC) saw a 19-fold increase in volume. Going from 213 to over 3,900 contracts, the bet is that shares will…
Dec 20, 2019
The Santa Claus Rally is Here
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Dec 19, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)
Traders bet on company heading higher.The February 2020 $135 call options onEli Lilly and Company (LLY) saw a 20-fold rise in volume, going from 164 open contracts to over 3,380 trade hands. With 64…
Dec 19, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Apple (AAPL)
Rise in put-buying suggests drop in shares.Multiple options trades onApple (AAPL) suggested a potential decline in shares. Of the trades made with high volume, the most interesting was the July 2020…
Dec 18, 2019
Unusual Options Activity: Morgan Stanley (MS)
February call buying indicates more upside to shares.Over 18,150 contracts traded on the February 2020 $52.50 call option onMorgan Stanley (MS). This is a 20-fold increase in volume from the open…
Dec 17, 2019