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Chris McKhann (
chris.mckhann@optionmonster.com), On Friday May 27, 2011, 12:39 pm EDT
It may be no surprise that shares of the National Bank of Greece are near all-time lows, but one option trader is looking for its shares to plumb even lower depths.
NBG trades at $1.3, losing $0.15 or 1.15 percent on the day. The bank has been trending down from its $8 level back in November 2009 and has lost 50 percent of its value in the last eight months. It was down at $1.27 earlier in the session, which matches an lifetime intraday low from Monday.
One trader is betting that NBG will be worthless, or close to it, in coming months. A single print in the August 1 puts is more than 3 times both the bank's total daily average and the previous open interest at that strike. A trader bought 5,000 of those puts for $0.20, paying the ask price on a wide spread.
This put buying is likely done as an independent trade, not matched to any activity in NBG stock that we see today. Although the options could have been bought as a hedge on an existing long position, that seems unlikely.
It appears to be a trader is betting on a bust but does not want to take on the enormous risks of shorting a stock at such a low price.