Insider Trading Fri 10/13/23

Notable purchases -- 10% owner adds to GLT; notable sales -- Director active in AIR

Buyers:

• FNKO 10% owner bought another 23,082 shares at ~$7.2253 worth ~$167K.
• GLT 10% owner bought 236,000 shares at ~$1.80 worth ~$425K.
• LXRX Director bought 1,000,000 shares at $1.02 - $1.19 worth ~$1.1 mln.

Sellers:

• AIR Director sold 5,561 shares at $58.42 - $59.93 worth ~$329K.
• FRHC Director / former VP of Compliance sold 3,000 shares at $85.12 worth ~$255K.

Unusual Options Activity Fri 9/15/23

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

Calls:

• GME Sept 23.5 calls are seeing interest with 30 contracts trading vs. open int of 350, pushing implied vol up around 549 points to ~718.3%. The Co will report its next earnings in December
  
• FNGR Sept 9 calls are seeing interest with 250 contracts trading vs. open int of 4880, pushing implied vol up around 1080 points to ~1514.39%. Popping up on the list for the second time this week

Puts:

• FRHC Sept 75 puts are active with 30 contracts trading vs. open int of 1970, pushing implied vol down around 430 points to ~530.67%
  
• AUPH Sept 10 puts are active with 150 contracts trading vs. open int of 1260, pushing implied vol down around 443 points to ~511.84%. The Co will report its next earnings in November

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.93, VIX: (13.75, +0.93, 7.25%).