Weekly Puts Change Hands On Ford

Shares in Ford Motor Co. (Ticker: F) are in negative territory on Tuesday afternoon, though off the lowest level of the session, following the release of June sales data. The stock is roughly unchanged on the day at $17.20 as of 1:40 pm ET, recovering from an earlier intraday low of $17.07. Trading in weekly options contracts expiring 11Jul’14 on the automaker this morning suggests one or more traders are bracing for shares to potentially extend losses during the next seven sessions.
The most traded contracts expiring 11Jul’14 are the 17.0 strike puts, with volume exceeding 11,000 contracts versus open interest of around 1,400 contracts. It looks like most of the volume was purchased within 15 minutes of the opening bell today at a premium of $0.11 each. The put options may be profitable at expiration next week if shares in Ford drop 1.8% from the current price of $17.20 to trade below the effective breakeven point at $16.89.