Thursday’s Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, RIG, SD, BP, POT, SPY)

The overall market is taking a breather this morning; currently the S&P 500 SPY is off by 5 points, currently trading at 1,122. Retailers are posting relatively strong gains (+0.2%) considering the market is lower on the session and the mediocre same-store-sales released this morning. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Citigroup C 122,349 contracts, 85.0% calls, 15.0% puts 2. Transocean Ltd. RIG 83,418 contracts, 70.9% calls, 29.1% puts 3. Sandridge Energy SD 75,823 contracts, 59.3% calls, 40.7% puts 4. BP plc BP 66,184 contracts, 49.3% calls, 50.7% puts 5. Potash Corp. POT 57,559 contracts, 68.3% calls, 31.7% puts