The premier site for active option and equity traders, providing the fastest, most thorough, and accurate options analytics in the industry.  OptionsHawk is the first, and best, site to provide real-time analysis of Institutional and Unusual options trades.

OptionsHawk provides live intraday options analysis, allowing you to trade with the “smart money”, as I monitor large institutional trades and unusual options activity.

The options market has consistently been a leading indicator of future price movement in stocks. I have consistently been able to predict large stock moves due to takeovers, earnings, technical breaks, and other events that move stocks.

My ability to combine options activity with years of experience in technical and fundamental analysis give me a competitive advantage to find explosive trading opportunities that cannot be found elsewhere.

Options Hawk provides live trading strategies, market analysis, and more to clients.  Options Hawk products make good traders Elite through idea generation and optimal reward/risk strategies.

5/20/13

Technical View:  The S&P closed the week at record highs once again and trading into territory that it has not been before, so there is no real price-resistance and have to look to other indicators. The daily upper Bollinger Band at 1,680 is a level that should act as resistance this week, while the 1,695 level remains in play as the 138.2% Fibonacci extension of the November 2012 low to the 1,600 resistance. The S&P closed outside its weekly Bollinger Band last week which is extremely rare, though the McClellan Oscillator closed the week only at +50, far from overbought and has started to diverge from price. Support levels on pullbacks are 1,630/1,615/1,600/1,580.

Sentiment/Internals:

The latest AAII Sentiment Survey showed bullish sentiment fell 2.3% to 38.5%, while bearish sentiment rose 1.9% to 29.3%. The NAAIM Survey of Manager Sentiment number rose to 84.23 last week, the highest since 3/13 as active managers are forced to put money to work in markets for fear of missing out. The latest fund flows showed inflows of $8.9B to equities, third straight week of inflows though overall equity exposure around the World remains low and all the money that left during the crisis has not even made a dent in terms of coming back to the market. As of Fridays close 1008 stocks made new highs and 121 at new lows as participation remains strong, and 71.3% of stocks closed above SMA50, while 74.9% above the SMA200. The CBOE Equity Put/Call ratio finished the week at 0.50, the lowest reading since late April in 2012 that preceded a market top, while Index Put/Call remains at average levels. The last two weeks of strength really shows up in the McClellan Summation that is powering higher and TRIN also moved into a strong bullish reading for the 21 day and 55 day. The economic data has been far from good, but overall the dissipation of left-tail risks, the global monetary policy easing, and the risk-reward of equities versus other asset classes has allowed this rally to defy skeptics.

May 21st, 2013

Boeing (BA) large trade looks to be rolling up strikes with 2,000 June $90 calls and 1,500 June $95 calls sold to close and 4,000 June $97.50 calls bought to open at $2.96.

Salesforce.com (CRM) into 5/23 earnings trades a lot of 3,000 June $50 calls bought $1.09 offer and 3,000 of the weekly $55 calls sold at $0.10 against the position, bullish outlook into results.

Devon Energy (DVN) broke its recent highs today and some large option trades where there is already large OI, a buy of 1,520 July $55 calls $5.65 and 1,350 June $57.50 calls at $3.15.

Whirlpool (WHR) with 1,000 September $125 calls bought $12.45 to $13 after the strong Home Depot (HD) results are a positive read-through.

VMWare (VMW) Strategy of the Month - Long Strangle

3/27: Closed Gilead (GILD) Calls +180%

3/22: Closed Dish Network (DISH) Calls +106.9%

3/18: Closed Vodafone (VOD) Calls +190.9%

3/13: Closed Trip Advisor (TRIP) Calendar Call Spread +300%

3/7: Closed Ciena (CIEN) Calls +68.4%

3/6: Closed Safeway (SWY) Calls +466.7%

2/21: Closed Home Away (AWAY) Calls +190.9% 

2/14: Closed Green Mt. (GMCR) Calls +63.65%, 1 Day Hold

2/13: Closed 2/3 Home Away (AWAY) Calls +109%

2/13: Closed All State (ALL) Fig Leaf Earnings Trade +84.5%

2/12: Closed Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Calls +100%

2/8: Closed Apple (AAPL) Calls +225%

2/5: Closed Estee Lauder (EL) Calendar Call Spread +114%

2/1: Closed KImberly Clark (KMB) Calls +100%

2/1: Closed Eaton (ETN) Calls +75%

1/24/13: Closed F5 (FFIV) Call Spreads +55.4%

1/22/13: Closed Halliburton (HAL) Calls +83.3%

1/17/13: Closed Exxon (XOM) Calls +42.4%

1/14/13: Closed Michael Kors (KORS) Call Spreads +55.%

1/10/13: Closed Skyworks (SWKS) Calls +40%

1/9/13: Closed Whirlpool (WHR) Calls +62.4%

1/3/13: Closed Norfol Southern (NSC) Calls +60%

1/2/13: Closed HIG Calls +50%

12/19/12: Closed DISH Calls +70%

12/21/12: Closed CBI Short Puts +100%

12/13/12: Closed KR Calendar Call Spread +100%

12/12/12: Closed GE Calls +45%

12/11/12: Closed C Calls +102.7%

12/11/12: Closed AMGN Calls +71.88%

12/10/12: Closed IBM Calls +34%

11/20/12: Closed VLO Calls +55.55%

11/13/12: Closed GILD Call Fly +300%