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Revisiting salient OTM VIX option trade:....>

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OPTIONS: Revisiting salient OTM VIX option trade: likely account dubbed 50-cent
a couple years ago (account w/penchant for building large OTM position in calls
w/premium at or below .50 that won big when the vol index surged over a few days
allowing the account to sell out and/or hedge the then ITM calls before the
index receded again). After buying +75,000 Feb 25 calls, .40-.50 earlier,
additional low delta call buys include:
* 11,000 Feb 26 calls, .38 last
* 24,800 Mar 26 calls from .55-.65 
* Mar 27 and Apr 28 calls trade small at .50
* 8,300 Apr 47.5 calls trade, .17 last 

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