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Ratio Backspread
This is a spread strategy that involves selling options and buying a greater number of out-of-the-money options. Backspreads are often in a ratio of 1 to-2 or 2-to-3 and most…
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Unusual Options Activity In Materialise (MTLS)
$MTLS-Bullish flow detected in Materialise with 2217 calls trading, or 8x the recent avg daily call volume in the name. Shares near $7.88 (0.79) with ATMIV lifting by 2.18 point and…
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Unusual Options Activity In iRobot (IRBT)
$IRBT-Bullish flow detected in iRobot with 5494 calls trading, or 4x the recent avg daily call volume in the name. Shares near $9.47 (1.52) with ATMIV lifting by 12.66 point and…
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Options Ratio
Options Ratio is basically the number of puts traded divided by the number of calls. It can be applied to an individual stock, a sector, an index, or an entire…
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What Is Parity?
Parity is basically a set of rules of equality that exist in the options market. For example, long stock and long puts is the as owning long calls. Parity generally…
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Out Of The Money
These are options contract with no intrinsic value. A Call option is OTM when the strike price is above the current market price. A Put option is out-of-the-money when their…