Trading volume is critical for small-window options traders, as it gives insight into how many contracts have been purchased on an options strike. A high-volume option can provide liquidity, giving investors a better opportunity to sell their contracts over those with lower volumes.
Unilever plc (NYSE: UL) shares traded higher by 8% on Tuesday after the company announced activist investor Nelson Peltz is joining the company's board of directors.
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Creatd, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRTD) shares jumped 58.5% to close at $1.28 on Thursday. Creatd’s board approved a rights offering of up to $40 million for 20 million shares at $2 per unit.
In another challenging week for the markets where the Nasdaq dropped nearly 4%, insiders once again significantly stepped up their insider purchases for a third week in a row. We saw an increase across all three dimensions, number of unique insiders buying shares, the number of companies with insider buying and the absolute dollar amount of purchases.
Kraft Heinz's (NASDAQ:KHC) short percent of float has risen 5.08% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 18.94 million shares sold short, which is 1.86% of all regular shares that are available for trading.