Unusual Options Activity Tue 9/19/23

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

Calls:

• LCID Jan 85 calls are seeing interest with 170 contracts trading vs. open int of 9890, pushing implied vol up around 39 points to ~172.74%. The Co is expected to report its next earnings in November
  
• TVTX Oct 20 calls are seeing interest with 40 contracts trading vs. open int of 590, pushing implied vol up around 16 points to ~171.31%. The Co is expected to report its next earnings in late October/early November

Puts:

• ACRS Dec 7.5 puts are active with 260 contracts trading vs. open int of 1790, pushing implied vol down around 76 points to ~324.41%. The Co announced results from Phase 1 Multiple Ascending Dose Trial of ATI-2138, an Investigational Oral Covalent ITK/JAK3 Inhibitor yesterday
  
• SRPT Nov 75 puts are active with 130 contracts trading vs. open int of 1860, pushing implied vol down around 14 points to ~145.24%. The Co is expected to report its next earnings in late October/early November

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.91, VIX: (14.23, +0.23, +1.64%).
October 20 is options expiration -- the last day to trade October equity options.