As of today Monday September 28, 2009 the top ten most traded option contracts were:
- Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) October 16 Call Options
- Annaly Capital Management, Inc. October 15 Call Options
- Annaly Capital Management, Inc. January 15 Call Options
- Annaly Capital Management, Inc. October 18 Call Options
- Annaly Capital Management, Inc. October 17 Call Options
- PowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQQ) October 40 Put Options
- CIT Group Inc. (NYSE:CIT) November 1 Put Options
- Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) October 5 Call Options
- General Electric (NYSE:GE) October 16 Put Options
- S&P 500 SPDR ETF (NYSE:SPY) October 105 Put Options
It may seem strange that Annaly capital management was trading among the most actives, but they will be spinning a dividend of 69 cents out Tuesday before trade. The other most active options activity seems to be more bearish with the exception of the Citigroup Call options.