Michael Khouw

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) traded at four times its average daily options volume on Thursday. “Put volume did slightly exceed call volume,” he added. Check out other stocks making moves in the...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) traded well over 2 times its average daily call volume on Tuesday. Check out other stocks making moves in the premarket. There were buyers of 30,077 of the October 7 weekly 55 and over...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR) traded six times its average daily call volume on Monday. Check out other stocks making moves in the premarket. There was a buyer of 3,500 of the November 15/17/19 call...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) traded 1.5 times its average daily put volume on Thursday. “There were a lot of big bearish bets made,” he mentioned. Check out other stocks making moves in the premarket....

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF (ARCA: LQD) traded 34 times its average daily put volume on Tuesday. Check out other stocks making moves in the premarket. There were buyers of 285,000 of the October...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund ETF (ARCA: UUP) traded 7 times its average daily put volume on Monday. Check out other stocks making moves in the premarket. There were buyers of 30,500 of the October 30...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Block Inc. (NYSE: SQ) traded at 1.8 times the average daily put volume on Thursday. Check out other stocks making moves in the premarket. There was a seller of 7,000 of the November 57.5 puts at an average price...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) traded 18 times the average daily put volume on Wednesday. Puts outpaced calls by 3-to-1, he added. Check out other stocks making moves in the premarket. There was a buyer of...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (ARCA: XHB) traded more than 2 times its average daily put volume on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a Keybanc analyst is advising investors to buy the dip in homebuilder stocks. Check out other...

Schlumberger NV (NYSE: SLB) is scheduled to report its third-quarter results on Wednesday. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Schlumberger traded more than 3.8 times its average daily call volumes on Monday. Check out other stocks making moves in...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that KB Home (NYSE: KBH) traded more than 16 times its average daily put volume on Thursday. Check out other stocks making moves in the premarket. There were buyers of 19,000 of the January 2025 weekly 15 puts at an...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that “it’s not uncommon for investors to run” in such an environment to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ARCA: SPY). There was a buyer of 13,300 of the October 7 weekly 395/380 put spreads at an...

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is ready to onboard its new CEO Laxman Narasimhan. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Starbucks traded more than 3 times its average daily call volume on Monday. Check out other stocks making moves in the...

Shares of Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) have added around 16% over the last two days. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Snap was the sixth most active single stock option on Thursday. “We saw calls outpacing puts,” he added. Check out other...

RH (NYSE: RH) is scheduled to report its quarterly results on Thursday after the bell. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that RH traded more than two times its average daily call volume on Wednesday. The options market is implying a move of...