Fast Money's Options Activity & Trades -13
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Date updated:08-19-2009

CNBC's "Fast Money" traders have noticed some unusual options activity in a number of stocks.

symbol name last price % change open
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  • UNH
    Unitedhealth Grou
  • $28.56
  • -0.24%
  • $28.30

Brian Stutland, president of Stutland Equities, said there's been a lot of options activity in United Healthcare (UNH) with a lot of short- and long-term call buying. Stutland said option traders are betting that the Obama's public plan is a dead topic and that the private sector will still be around.

People owning UNH also tend to own: ALDBMYCNEDSXGAINGOODHTE

TheStreet.com Rating: C+ What is this?

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  • GOOG
    Google Inc.
  • $569.964
  • -0.53%
  • $569.99

On Tuesday's "Final Trade" segment, Joe Terranova said he's a buyer of puts in Google (GOOG).

People owning GOOG also tend to own: AAPLAMDCSCODELLIBMINTCMSFT

TheStreet.com Rating: B What is this?

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  • GOOG
    Google Inc.
  • $569.964
  • -0.53%
  • $569.99

On Tuesday's "Final Trade" segment, Joe Terranova said he's a buyer of puts in Google (GOOG).

People owning GOOG also tend to own: AAPLAMDCSCODELLIBMINTCMSFT

TheStreet.com Rating: B What is this?

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  • HPQ
    Hewlett Packard C
  • $50.04
  • +0.44%
  • $49.58

Options traders are looking for a 4% move in Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) through expiration, explains Brian Stutland. The degree of put buying suggests there could be profit taking. However I also see investors saying I want to own this stock around $40.

People owning HPQ also tend to own: AAPLAIGAPDBABACBAXC

TheStreet.com Rating: B What is this?

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  • COF
    Capital One Finan
  • $37.70
  • -1.67%
  • $38.01

Najarian noted a lot of put activity in Capital One (COF) as investors were looking for a pullback and were getting some of that today.

People owning COF also tend to own: AFGAIZAMPAMTDAWBCBACCKFR

TheStreet.com Rating: D+ What is this?

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  • USO
    U.s. Oil Fund Et
  • $39.42
  • -0.61%
  • $39.08

I’d play oil by selling calls on the USO (USO), said Jared Levy of Peak6. Or look at an iron condor strategy, which involves selling out an of the money put spread and an out of the money call spread.

People owning USO also tend to own: AAADMCCRTCVXEWBCFMDMRO

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  • AAPL
    Apple Inc.
  • $199.92
  • -0.29%
  • $198.33

I’m seeing options traders taking longer term bullish bets in tech, explains Jared Levy. And it’s happening everywhere from Google (GOOG) to Apple (AAPL).

People owning AAPL also tend to own: AMDCSCODELLGOOGIBMINTCMSFT

TheStreet.com Rating: B+ What is this?

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  • WLP
    Wellpoint Inc.
  • $52.14
  • 0.00%
  • $51.94

I’m seeing a lot of at the money and out of the money 'call' buying in Wellpoint (WLP), Cigna (CI) and UnitedHealth (UNH) among others, reveals Mike Khouw of Cantor Fitzgerald. That’s bullish options activity.

People owning WLP also tend to own: AESBERODPOSKPGHTXUAFFX

TheStreet.com Rating: B- What is this?

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Start Price

Return Value

Start Date

UNH 28.10 +1.64% Aug 19th
GOOG 428.40 +33.04% Aug 19th
HPQ 35.84 +39.62% Aug 19th
COF 24.45 +54.19% Aug 19th
USO 37.61 +4.81% Aug 19th
AAPL 139.49 +43.32% Aug 19th
WLP 48.56 +7.37% Aug 19th
CI 23.46 +28.01% Aug 19th
WFC 24.39 +14.27% Aug 19th
C 3.51 +19.66% Aug 19th
BBT 21.52 +14.31% Aug 19th
BBY 37.91 +14.22% Aug 19th
ANF 32.26 +23.16% Aug 19th

Average return:

+22.89%

Success rate:

100%

Tracking Started: 08-19-2009

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