Option Strategies and Spreads Suggest Good Times on the Horizon for JPMorgan

  Today’s tickers: JPM, GG, CVA & RSH JPM  - JPMorgan Chase & Co. –  Bullish sentiment on JPMorgan is alive, well and flourishing by the looks of transactions taking place in April contract call and put options this afternoon. Shares in the name are down 1.7% at $44.69 as of 1:00pm in New York, but some strategists are positioning for the stock to rally during the next few months. JPM-bulls are taking advantage of the dip in the price of the underlying, and seem little concerned the latest buzz regarding a lawsuit filed in December of last year, alleging the company knew of, but failed to report, fraudulent activity perpetrated by Bernard Madoff. A three-legged transaction involving the sale of 4,500 April $52 strike puts and the sale of the same number of April $49 strike calls, reduced the cost of buying 4,500 calls at the April $45 strike to just $0.27 per contract. The investor responsible for the transaction starts to make money if shares in the financial services firm rise 1.3% to surpass the effective breakeven price of $45.27 ahead of April expiration. Maximum potential profits of $3.73 per contract are available to the trader in the event that JPM’s shares surge 9.6% in the next three months to trade above $49.00 by expiration day. Meanwhile, it looks like other bulls are buying the April $46/$49 call spread, around 9,000 times, for an average premium of $1.11 per contract. Debit call-spreaders stand prepared to profit should shares increase 5.4% to trade above the average breakeven share price of $47.11 before the calls expire in April. Investors could walk away with maximum potential profits of $1.89 per contract if the price of the underlying stock jumps 9.6% to exceed $49.00 by April expiration day. GG  - Goldcorp, Inc. –  Investors placed medium-term bullish bets on the gold producer today in order to position for significant appreciation in the price of the underlying stock over the next few months. Shares in the gold mining company pared…