Most Active Stock Options July 27, 2009

To put the first trading day in the books for the week of July 27, 2009, the top ten most active stock option contracts traded are listed below from most contracts traded to least.

1. Citigroup (C) September 3 Call Option
2. Citigroup August 5 Put Option
3. Citigroup August 1 Call Option
4. PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ) August 39 Put Option
5. Citigroup August 3 Call Option
6. SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) August 95 Put Options
7. PowerShares QQQ August 37 Put Options
8. Citigroup August 5 Call Options
9. E-trade Financial (ETFC) January 2011 2.50 Call options
10. PowerShares QQQ August 38 Put Options

Looks like the money is betting on weakness in the NASDAQ for August. I also believe there may be a short term sell off based on the Volatility Index today. Check out my blog post here for some option ideas on the top 20 NASDAQ stocks which will help protect as well as profit in the case the market continues rallying.


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