Options commentary will resume on July 8, 2013.
CSCO - Cisco Systems, Inc. – Shares in Cisco Systems are up the most in the Dow Jones Industrial Average this morning, trading up 1.15% at $24.60 as of 11:15 a.m. in New York. Trading traffic in weekly options contracts on the maker of switches and routers today indicates some traders are positioning for the price of the underlying to continue to climb in the near term. Out-of-the-money calls that expire next week attracted buyers in the early going, with roughly 1,400 lots in play at the Jul 12 ’13 $25 strike. It looks like most of the volume was purchased for an average premium of $0.17 apiece, thus positioning buyers to profit at expiration next week should CSCO’s shares rally another 1.3% over today’s high of $24.84 to exceed the average breakeven point at $25.17. The Jul 12 ’13 $25.5 and $26 strike calls are also active, with more than 900 of the $25.5 strike calls purchased at a premium of $0.09 apiece and roughly 300 of the $26 strike weekly calls picked up for a premium of $0.03 each. Options traders are favoring calls on CSCO overall today, with the call/put ratio hovering around 4.5 at 11:30 a.m. ET.
FTNT - Fortinet, Inc. – A large call spread initiated on Fortinet on Wednesday morning looks for shares in the provider of network security solutions to rise markedly during the next six weeks. The stock rallied as much as 7.3% today to a near four-week high of $18.62 after the company announced it will report second-quarter earnings on…
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