Ariad Pharmaceuticals and KB Home are Among the Companies With Heavy Put Option Volume

November 09, 2011

Our options team has been watching Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA) put options, which are currently trading at 9.6 times their average volume, after several investors placed bearish bets on the company. KB Home (NYSE:KBH) puts are also very active today, currently trading at 5.5 times their average volume.Also lighting up the screens of options traders are The Gap (NYSE:GPS) puts, trading at 5.1 times their average volume following their retail sales report. Career Education (NASDAQ:CECO) puts are also very active today, trading at 4.6 times their average volume on news that their CEO has resigned. Finally, TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) puts close out the list at 3.9 times their average volume.