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At the International Securities Exchange ISE , Chicago Board Options Exchange CBOE , and NASDAQ OMX PHLX PHLX , 92, calls have been bought to open on TLT shares, compared to 48, puts. In fact, total call open interest on TLT is docked at an annual high, with 1.

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As a point of comparison, there are roughly , open TLT puts -- in the middling 44th percentile of its annual range. Simply stated, short-term traders have rarely been as call-skewed as they are now.

Drilling down, the majority of this near-term open interest is focused on out-of-the-money OOTM February strikes. Front-month calls -- which expire at tonight's close -- make up five of TLT's top open interest positions. Looking ahead to the standard March series, TLT's strike put and strike call hold the top open interest positions, with 45, and 39, contracts respectively outstanding.

Losses, meanwhile, are limited to the net debit, as long as the sold put strike remains OOTM.

On the charts, bonds sold off sharply in the wake of President Donald Trump's unexpected election win last November. Meanwhile, it's interesting to note that the optimism toward bonds seems relegated to the options pits.

In fact, large speculators on U. Stay in the loop with stocks on the move.

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