Tuesday’s Option Volume Leaders (SPY, C, BAC, AAPL, BIDU, WMT)

The overall market SPY is slightly higher today, currently up 3 points to 1,140 in a volatile trading session. We were as high as 1,148 earlier in the session, before pulling back, going negative, and then rebounding. Here are your Option Volume Leaders on a Tuesday morning… 1. Citigroup C 269,207 contracts, 81.6% calls, 17.4% puts 2. Bank of America BAC 147,354 contracts, 64.1% calls, 35.9% puts 3. Apple Inc. AAPL 139,642 contracts, 59.0% calls, 41.0% puts 4. Baidu Inc. BIDU 65,891 contracts, 54.0% calls, 46.0% puts 5. Walmart Stores Inc. WMT 48,462 contracts, 74.7% calls, 25.3% puts It is a good sign for the market to see for the second day in a row that the top five (actually top ten) options volume leaders are all trading at majority calls. This suggests an overall bullish sentiment.