Options Player Eyes ING Upside Potential, Employs Bullish Ratio risk reversal

  Today’s tickers: ING, TMRK, BA, JPM, PRGO, ADP & CPB ING  - ING Groep N.V. –  The Amsterdam-based financial services firm popped up on our scanners in the second half of the trading session after one bullish options trader populated the April 2011 contract with a bullish ratio risk reversal strategy. ING’s shares are up 3.35% to trade at $11.14 as of 2:35 pm in New York. The investor utilized 10,800 option contracts to take a bullish stance on the stock, which is sizeable in relation to the 15,233 lots of overall previously existing open interest. The trader sold 3,600 puts at the April 2011 $11 strike at a premium of $1.20 each in order to buy 7,200 calls at the higher April 2011 $13 strike for a premium of $0.55 apiece. The bullish player pockets a net credit of $0.10 per contract on the transaction, and keeps the full amount of premium received as long as ING’s shares exceed $11.00 through April expiration. Additional profits start to accumulate if the price of the underlying stock jumps 16.7% over the current price of $11.14 to surpass the effective breakeven point at $13.00 by expiration day. Shares in ING Groep last traded above $13.00 back on November 24, 2009. ING is slated to report third-quarter earnings ahead of the opening bell on November 10, 2010. The overall reading of options implied volatility on ING is down 4.8% to stand at 39.89% as of 2:45 pm. TMRK  - Terremark Worldwide, Inc. –  Shares of the provider of managed IT infrastructure services shot up as much as 13.9% during the session to hit an intraday- and new 52-week high of $11.12. Terremark posted a narrower-than-expected second-quarter loss of $0.12 per share yesterday evening and raised its fiscal 2011 sales view and guidance for the third quarter. The sharp rally in the price of the underlying shares and the firm’s improved outlook going forward inspired one cautiously optimistic options strategist to initiate a delta neutral hedge. It looks like the…
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