Quote from gmst:
If it was a fly, it sounds very plausible. but if it was just an outright, from a bank's perspective - could be related to hedging gamma (barrier maybe?!!) to hedge out risk from some OTC structured product.
Quote from Maverick74:
The vol curve is reflecting every dimwit and his uncle who were short the naked calls and are now getting squeezed. In fact, the entire vol curve is showing that across all the months. The fly traded. I'm not trying to sell anything. Yeah the dude called a print that one can pull up on time and sales in 3 seconds. He never traded it. If he wants to post a screen shot of the execution I'll recant my statement. I assure you, you will see no such screen shot. Of course many excuses will be given why.
Quote from newwurldmn:
He may not have traded the call but it's less likely to be a lie than some other people on here. It would be great to see a screenshot. But I'm less interested in that.
I'm more interested in understanding why the upside got so bid. I'm not saying the fly didn't trade. But the vol surface is acting like it was a lot of upside call buying. That being said, it's TWTR and the surface can be prone to all sorts of funny stuff.
Quote from Maverick74:
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Quote from arbs-r-us:
MAV, LET'S MAKE A BET. ONE MILLION DOLLARS(OR MORE). ME VS. YOU. MLPRO OR GSEC OR ANY REPUTABLE ATTORNEY CAN HANDLE THE MONEY. WE EACH MAKE THE ESCROW DEPOSIT. THE "BET" IS IF I DID OR DID NOT MAKE AT LEAST 1.4mm (MARK TO MARKET) TODAY ON THE TWTR OPTION SHITSTORM. WANT TO GO FOR IT???? YOU KNOW I'VE RESPECTED EVERYTHING YOU EVER POSTED ON ET. UNTIL TODAY. MAKE MY DAY. I'M READY. IF YOU'RE NOT READY, RETRACT YOUR COMMENTS.