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Often, when a trader short sells a stock, he will purchase a call option on that same stock.
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Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA) is interesting, with a massive 183% stock move and an average call option return of 35%.
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Options traders are exchanging roughly 1.6 put options on the stock today for each single call option in play as of 12:30pm in New York.
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In general, one buys a call option, or call, when the stock price is expected to rise, or sells a call when the stock price is expected to fall.
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Investors are trading more than two put options on Wells Fargo this afternoon for each single call option in action on the stock today.
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The last two columns show, out of all those positive straddle trades, how many would have been profitable due to the call option (in other words, because the stock increased in price), and how many were profitable due to the put.
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Near-term calls on Goldcorp are the most active, with overall trading patterns indicating that around 4 call options are changing hands on the stock for each single put option.
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An aggressive option play on this stock would be a December 12.50 call, while a more conservative trade would be a December or January 10 call.
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Investors are favoring call options on the stock, trading more than 2.8 calls for each single put option in play today.
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