Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Silver Standard Resources (SSRI) Options Activity Soaring Before Earnings Report

With expectations high across the silver sector, options activity and the share price of Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ:SSRI) before its earnings report Wednesday morning.

Traders acquired close to 5,400 March 30 calls for $0.25 to $0.30 and 1,400 March 28s for $0.65 to $0.80 Monday, according to OptionMonster's real-time tracking systems.

While the activity in the stock slowed down on Tuesday, it was about six times the 3-month average on Monday.

With one of the mines of Silver Standard about to begin production, it appears traders are employing front-month options to play a move.

Silver Standard Resources was trading at $28.07, gaining $0.94, or 3.43 percent, as of 1:58 PM EST.

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