The top 10 stock option contracts which have traded as of mid day July 17, 2009:

  1. Citigroup (C) July 3 Call Option
  2. Bank of America (BAC) July 13 Call Option
  3. Citigroup (C) August 4 Call Option
  4. Citigroup (C) August 3 Call Option
  5. Citigroup (C) August 3 Put Option
  6. Bank of America (BAC) July 13 Put Option
  7. Bank of America (BAC) August 13 Call Option
  8. General Electric (GE) July 12 Call Option
  9. Financial SPDR (XLF) July 12 Call Option
  10. Citigroup (C) August 5 Call Option

Surprisingly the first two on this list were two options I performed an analysis on last night here, and were declared the “best bang for your buck”.

Looking ahead to the August options listed above, it looks like the options market is predicting a further rally in the financials. Be careful going short.

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