Jarden Corp. Calls Eye Further Upside As Stock Hits Fresh Record Highs

  Today’s tickers: JAH, AMTD & YHOO JAH  - Jarden Corp. –  Shares in consumer products company, Jarden Corp., are off their highest level of the session, up 2.75% at $62.96 just before midday in New York. The stock had rallied nearly 6.0% this morning to a new all-time high of $64.87 after the company announced an increase in its authorized share repurchase program to $500 million. Options traders positioning for shares in Jarden to extend gains snapped up calls across several expiries this morning. Near-term bullish bets are accumulating at the Mar. $65 strike price, where upwards of 2,300 contracts changed hands against open interest of 1,161 lots. Traders appear to have purchased most of these contracts at an average premium of $0.62 apiece, and may profit at expiration in two weeks should Jarden’s shares rise 4% over the current price of $62.96 to top the average breakeven point at $65.62. Traders looked out the April $70 strike call options expiring in April and July as well; snapping up around 1,200 of the April $70 strike calls for an average premium of $0.34 each, and picking up 410 lots at the July $70 strike at a premium of $1.45 per contract. Options players long the $70 calls expiring in April and July stand ready to profit should JAH shares surge 11.7% and 13.5% to top average breakeven points at $70.34 and $71.45, respectively, by expiration. AMTD  - TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. –  The online broker popped up on our ‘most active by options volume’ market scanner early in the trading session on Thursday after a large block of call options changed hands in the August expiry. Shares in TD Ameritrade are down 0.20% at $19.08 as of 12:55 p.m. ET. Volume in the Aug. $23 strike calls is greater than 41,000 contracts this afternoon, versus open interest of just 483 contracts. The calls appear to have been purchased this morning at a premium of $0.25 each, a sizable bullish bet that shares in Ameritrade may soar more than…

 

Today’s tickers: JAH, AMTD & YHOO

JAH - Jarden Corp. – Shares in consumer products company, Jarden Corp., are off their highest level of the session, up 2.75% at $62.96 just before midday in New York. The stock had rallied nearly 6.0% this morning to a new all-time high of $64.87 after the company announced an increase in its authorized share repurchase program to $500 million. Options traders positioning for shares in Jarden to extend gains snapped up calls across several expiries this morning. Near-term bullish bets are accumulating at the Mar. $65 strike price, where upwards of 2,300 contracts changed hands against open interest of 1,161 lots. Traders appear to have purchased most of these contracts at an average premium of $0.62 apiece, and may profit at expiration in two weeks should Jarden’s shares rise 4% over the current price of $62.96 to top the average breakeven point at $65.62. Traders looked out the April $70 strike call options expiring in April and July as well; snapping up around 1,200 of the April $70 strike calls for an average premium of $0.34 each, and picking up 410 lots at the July $70 strike at a premium of $1.45 per contract. Options players long the $70 calls expiring in April and July stand ready to profit should JAH shares surge 11.7% and 13.5% to top average breakeven points at $70.34 and $71.45, respectively, by expiration.

AMTD - TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. – The online broker popped up on our ‘most active by options volume’ market scanner early in the trading session on Thursday after a large block of call options changed hands in the August expiry. Shares in TD Ameritrade are down 0.20% at $19.08 as of 12:55 p.m. ET. Volume in the Aug. $23 strike calls is greater than 41,000 contracts this afternoon, versus open interest of just 483 contracts. The calls appear to have been purchased this morning at a premium of $0.25 each, a sizable bullish bet that shares in Ameritrade may soar more than…
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