Traders positioning for shares in First Solar to extend gains ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings report appear to be buying the Nov 22 ‘13 $50 strike calls today, with 3,100 contracts traded thus far in the session against open interest of 60 contracts. Time and sales data indicates most of the volume was purchased at a premium of $3.30 each, with the single-largest print being a block of 2,000 calls that traded just after 10:00 a.m. this morning. Call buyers stand ready to profit at expiration next month in the event that FSLR shares rally another 7.0% over today’s high of $49.82 to exceed the average breakeven price of $53.30. Shares in First Solar last traded above $53.30 back on June 11th.
GOOG – Google, Inc. – Better than expected top and bottom line third-quarter results reported by Google after the close on Thursday launched the price of GOOG shares up above the $1,000 level for the first time on Friday, with shares trading up 13.3% to $1,007.09 by a.m. 10:10 ET.
The sharp move in the price of the underlying sparked heavy action in Google options straight out of the gate this morning, driving overall volume to more than twice the stock’s average daily options volume of around 61,000 contracts during the first hour of the session. Trading in…
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