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The investor could wind up having approximately 1 million shares of the underlying put to him at an effective price of $6.82 each should the December $7.0 strike puts land in-the-money at expiration.

Bulls Speculate With Fervor In MGM, AIG, AMR Andrew Wilkinson 2010

Near-term optimists picked up more than 5,800 now in-the-money calls at the November $11 strike for an average premium of $0.90 each, and purchased another 5,800 lots at the higher November $12 strike at an average premium of $0.39 apiece.

Bulls Speculate With Fervor In MGM, AIG, AMR Andrew Wilkinson 2010

Thursday, traders cashed out of about 18,000 China MediaExpress put options that grant the right to sell shares, with the heaviest activity in in-the-money puts.

Options Bears Feast on Chinese Firms Chris Dieterich 2011

It looks like the trader picked up 2,500 now in-the-money puts at the November $40 strike for a premium of $1.05 each, and sold the same number of puts at the lower November $37.5 strike at a premium of $0.10 apiece.

Bulls Speculate With Fervor In MGM, AIG, AMR Andrew Wilkinson 2010

Put players populating Lamar Advertising purchased roughly 1,000 now in-the-money puts at the November $34 strike for an average premium of $1.44 each, and sold about the same number of puts at the lower November $31 strike at an average premium of $0.43 apiece.

Bulls Speculate With Fervor In MGM, AIG, AMR Andrew Wilkinson 2010

Activity focused on traders who sold "in-the-money" calls and then bought April calls at a higher strike price, WhatsTrading.com analyst Frederic Ruffy said.

Options Traders Bet on Cooling Tyco Chris Dieterich 2011

This is because the trader is obliged to have 1.5 million shares put to him at $15.00 if the puts land in-the-money and are exercised by March expiration day.

Bulls Blast Into Cat, Strategists Get To Work On Yahoo! Andrew Wilkinson 2011

Near-term optimists purchased roughly 2,200 in-the-money calls at the February $95 strike for an average premium of $3.10 apiece.

Bulls Blast Into Cat, Strategists Get To Work On Yahoo! Andrew Wilkinson 2011

Although these positions were in-the-money a year ago, the market took a turn in the other direction, forcing Barclays to close the positions earlier this year at a significant loss, these people added.

Metals Bets Turned Sour for Barclays Capital Andrea Hotter 2011

Put players populating Lamar Advertising purchased roughly 1,000 now in-the-money puts at the November $34 strike for an average premium of $1.44 each, and sold about the same number of puts at the lower November $31 strike at an average premium of $0.43 apiece.

Bulls Speculate With Fervor In MGM, AIG, AMR Andrew Wilkinson 2010