Unusual Options Activity Thur 9/21/23

 

Stocks seeing volatility buying (bullish call buying/bearish put buying):

Calls:

• RPTX Oct 15 calls are seeing interest with 165 contracts trading vs. open int of 1990, pushing implied vol up around 11 points to ~122.91%
  
• SNDX Oct 20 calls are seeing interest with 250 contracts trading vs. open int of 6270, pushing implied vol up around 3 points to ~165.16%. The Co will report its next earnings in November

Puts:

• HE Oct 7.50 puts are active with 380 contracts trading vs. open int of 2610, pushing implied vol down around 24 points to ~138.99%. Shares have been under fire following Maui fire fallout
  
• CHPT Oct 7 puts are active with 110 contracts trading vs. open int of 28110, pushing implied vol down around 26 points to ~113.78%. The Co will report its next earnings in December

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.96, VIX: (16.38, +1.24, +8.19%).
October 20 is options expiration -- the last day to trade October equity options.