Unusual Options Activity Fri 9/27/24

The following options are exhibiting notable trading, potentially indicating changing sentiment toward the underlying stocks, and/or potentially representing positioning for increased volatility.

Bullish Call Activity

• RKLB Oct04 10 Calls are seeing interest with 2465 contracts trading vs. open int of 974, pushing implied vol up around 6 points to ~91%. Co is expected to report earnings early November. Stock is up 12% in today's session.

• HOOD Oct04 23.5 Calls are seeing interest with 8834 contracts trading vs. open int of 2953, pushing implied vol up around 7 points to ~55.1%. Stock is up 6% in today's session.

Bearish Put Activity

• SAVA Nov15 25 Puts are active with 900 contracts trading vs. open int of 153, pushing implied vol down around 22 points to ~128%. Co is expected to report earnings early November. Stock is down 8% in today's session.

• SAVE Oct04 2.5 Puts are active with 554 contracts trading vs. open int of 424, pushing implied vol down around 62 points to ~133%.

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.79, VIX: (16.00, +0.63, +4.1%).
October 18 is options expiration - the last day to trade October equity options.