Calls Purchased on Annaly Capital Management (NLY)

Shares of Annaly Capital Management Inc. NLY are higher on the session by 0.45%, currently trading at $17.90. The stock has been rallying strongly over the past three weeks and has now regained the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are betting on further upside today. The July $17 call was purchased, on the offer, 2,300 times on open interest of 20,135 contracts and the July $18 call was purchased 1,800 times, on the offer, 1,800 times on open interest of 20,318 contracts. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. owns, manages and finances a portfolio of real estate related investment securities, including mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations, agency callable debentures, and other securities representing interests in the obligations backed by pools of mortgage loans.