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Stock Options Explosion in Goldman Sachs (GS)
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Trying to count options contracts in shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is nearly impossible, and this was copied from trade blotters with snapshots of 12:12 to 12:18 PM EST. The notion that today is options expiration date already posted is only adding fuel to the fire… or is it a pyre? There are well over 50 million shares traded and shares were down 13% around the $160.00 mark at last look. After tallying up the options traded, it is well over 300,000 options contracts. On a fully leveraged basis, that would be more than 30 million shares more.
Here are the active Calls and Puts:
| APR CALLS | Volume | Op.Int. |
|---|---|---|
| $155 | 1236 | 2762 |
| $160 | 7469 | 4031 |
| $165 | 15287 | 5532 |
| $170 | 23655 | 8605 |
| $175 | 15876 | 10756 |
| $180 | 17342 | 17358 |
| $185 | 7550 | 18064 |
| APR PUTS | Volume | Op.Int. |
| $140 | 3305 | 5953 |
| $145 | 1762 | 8149 |
| $150 | 7310 | 7639 |
| $155 | 9502 | 10161 |
| $160 | 18757 | 12167 |
| $165 | 15606 | 14992 |
| $170 | 10656 | 17583 |
| $175 | 7490 | 10418 |
| $180 | 9984 | 8312 |
| $185 | 1651 | 5839 |
| MAY CALLS | Volume | Op.Int. |
| $160 | 6703 | 1630 |
| $165 | 3676 | 630 |
| $170 | 8953 | 1802 |
| $175 | 9748 | 5004 |
| $180 | 13807 | 6747 |
| $185 | 12563 | 9720 |
| $190 | 6459 | 5634 |
| $195 | 2368 | 3834 |
| $200 | 2813 | 4193 |
| MAY PUTS | Volume | Op.Int. |
| $115 | 1000 | 72 |
| $120 | 4744 | 350 |
| $125 | 1678 | 106 |
| $130 | 2167 | 219 |
| $135 | 869 | 464 |
| $140 | 1385 | 519 |
| $145 | 3618 | 18751 |
| $150 | 3548 | 2153 |
| $155 | 2502 | 3826 |
| $160 | 5574 | 4787 |
| $165 | 4180 | 5026 |
| $170 | 4741 | 20615 |
| $175 | 1532 | 4537 |
| $180 | 1594 | 2736 |
| JULY CALLS | Volume | Op.Int. |
| $165 | 1074 | 2789 |
| $170 | 1639 | 5011 |
| $175 | 1302 | 6800 |
| $180 | 1814 | 7787 |
| $185 | 1507 | 4484 |
| $190 | 1525 | 11244 |
| JULY PUTS | Volume | Op.Int. |
| $145 | 1074 | 16862 |
| $150 | 1375 | 9592 |
| $155 | 1804 | 3136 |
| $160 | 1160 | 12696 |
| JAN11 CALLS | Volume | Op.Int. |
| $160 | 1936 | 6196 |
| $190 | 2117 | 5234 |
| JAN11 PUTS | Volume | Op.Int. |
| $115 | 2147 | 4955 |
| $125 | 1128 | 4058 |
| $130 | 1043 | 3972 |
| $145 | 2721 | 3618 |
| ALL CALLS: | 306026 |
JON C. OGG
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