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Options Action: Dangerous Videogame Play
This post was written by OptionMonster's Chris McKhann.
Options traders on Monday are betting against GameStop, which has been in consistent decline for the last six months.
The videogame retailer's stock [GME
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They are using a bearish put spread, buying 3,000 of the November 22.5 puts [GMEWX
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] and selling an equal number of the November 20 contracts. The debit of $1.35 was offset by the credit of $0.45, for a net debit of $0.90 on the $2.50 spread.
The volatility data shows an unusual pattern that enforces the reasoning for this spread, as does the short time frame. The implied and historical volatility have moved in lockstep, and both have climbed to new highs around 110 percent.
Still, the stock will need to drop more than 8 percent by the end of the week for this trade just to break even.
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GameStop competes with:
Amazon.com [AMZN
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Walmart [WMT
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Best Buy [BBY
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Jon 'DRJ' Najarian is a professional investor, CNBC contributor, and cofounder of OptionMonster.
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