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

The overall market cratered this morning with the S&P 500 SPY testing the $1,050 level, which is critical support for the bulls. The SPY has since rallied and is now “only” lower by 11 points, at $1,055. Note that today’s housing data was extremely weak, worse than expected. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Bank of America BAC 139,910 contracts, 57.8% calls, 42.2% puts 2. Apple Inc. AAPL 132,342 contracts, 54.4% calls, 45.6% puts 3. Citigroup C 125,294 contracts, 59.4% calls, 40.6% puts 4. Ford Motor Co. (NSYE: F) 54,792 contracts, 49.8% calls, 50.2% puts 5. General Electric Co. GE 50,519 contracts, 41.7% calls, 58.3% puts For more great research like this, as well as how to play it through options…please visit Benzinga’s Options & Volatility Edge and Benzinga’s Cash Generator.