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How a trader made over $1 million in two days
Someone is making a lot of money in Applied Materials. On seemingly little news, one trader made a very big bet yesterday that Applied Materials is going to break out to new highs, and so far this trader is winning. On Thursday, when options volume in the semiconductor ran six times their daily average, one trader bet $1.74 million that the stock will stay above current levels throughout the next week. Specifically, the trader bought 20,000 of the Feb. 27 weekly 24-strike calls for $0.87. Since one options contract controls 100 shares of stock, each contract in this particular trade costs $87 dollars, bringing the ... (full story)
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