Monday’s Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, AAPL, BAC, BP, F, SPY)

The overall market is screaming higher today; currently, the S&P 500 SPY is higher by 21 points, trading at 1,122. It appears that under-invested longs are flowing money into the market after have less-than-stellar performance versus indexes in July. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Citigroup C 94,242 contracts, 70.7% calls. 29.3% puts 2. Apple Inc. AAPL 69,420 contracts, 63.7% calls, 36.3% puts 3. Bank of America BAC 66,935 contracts, 79.3% calls, 20.7% puts 4. BP plc BP 56,325 contracts, 58.2% puts, 41.8% calls. 5. Ford Motor Co. F 55,355 contracts, 49.2% calls, 50.85 puts