McHale
Regular
Hi Yak, I don't look at the above trading as having anything to do with "shorts"Trading activity or the LACK of it today especially after yesterday afternoon trading would seem to suggest that LDA have completed their PUT.
My GUESS is these CXXT trades are possibly shorts closing out slowly.
I also believe that most of the "SHORTS" held are for "Hedging purposes" by the Big Instos against their long holdings. Some smaller shorters exist which gives us that varying daily "shorts" being taken out. IMO
11:30am until 01:00pm has the ASX showing 99% trades being "Cross Trades" ie:CXXT and mostly only 1 >25 share trades.
Volume total ASX is 1.2 Mil for 3 hours of trading.
If this is the case the we can expect BRN announcement of close of LDA PUT with the amounts/$ values etc. Maybe this afternoon??.
Yak52
ASX DATA ONLY CHI-X NOT INCLUDED.
1:05:02 PM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 1:05:02 PM 0.462 100 46.250 CXXT 1:05:02 PM 0.460 5,000 2,300.000 XT 1:03:47 PM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 1:03:00 PM 0.462 68 31.450 CXXT 1:03:00 PM 0.460 3,434 1,579.640 1:02:48 PM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 1:02:48 PM 0.462 89 41.163 CXXT 1:02:48 PM 0.462 3 1.388 CXXT 1:02:47 PM 0.462 122 56.425 CXXT 1:01:05 PM 0.460 3,075 1,414.500 1:01:05 PM 0.460 3,068 1,411.280 12:54:33 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:54:33 PM 0.462 19 8.788 CXXT 12:54:33 PM 0.460 954 438.840 12:42:17 PM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 12:42:17 PM 0.462 10 4.625 CXXT 12:42:17 PM 0.460 593 272.780 12:41:32 PM 0.462 14 6.475 CXXT 12:41:32 PM 0.460 662 304.520 12:40:33 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:40:33 PM 0.462 47 21.738 CXXT 12:39:29 PM 0.462 24 11.100 CXXT 12:39:29 PM 0.462 1,197 553.613 CXXT 12:38:32 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:38:32 PM 0.462 50 23.125 CXXT 12:36:00 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:36:00 PM 0.462 50 23.125 CXXT 12:33:28 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:33:28 PM 0.462 56 25.900 CXXT 12:31:27 PM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 12:31:27 PM 0.462 76 35.150 CXXT 12:30:57 PM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 12:30:56 PM 0.462 89 41.163 CXXT 12:30:31 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:30:31 PM 0.462 70 32.375 CXXT 12:30:31 PM 0.462 3,499 1,618.288 NXXT 12:24:58 PM 0.462 17 7.863 CXXT 12:24:58 PM 0.460 849 390.540 12:24:42 PM 0.462 11 5.088 CXXT 12:24:42 PM 0.462 517 239.113 CXXT 12:23:21 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:23:21 PM 0.462 54 24.975 CXXT 12:20:49 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:20:49 PM 0.462 53 24.513 CXXT 12:19:18 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:19:18 PM 0.462 53 24.513 CXXT 12:17:47 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:17:47 PM 0.462 46 21.275 CXXT 12:16:47 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:16:47 PM 0.462 51 23.588 CXXT 12:16:25 PM 0.462 18 8.325 CXXT 12:16:25 PM 0.460 861 396.060 XT 12:15:54 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:15:54 PM 0.462 50 23.125 CXXT 12:15:54 PM 0.462 12 5.550 CXXT 12:15:26 PM 0.460 587 270.020 12:15:26 PM 0.462 7 3.238 CXXT 12:15:14 PM 0.462 360 166.500 CXXT 12:15:14 PM 0.462 18,000 8,325.000 CXXT 12:13:54 PM 0.462 3 1.388 CXXT 12:13:54 PM 0.462 149 68.913 CXXT 12:13:54 PM 0.462 25 11.563 CXXT 12:13:45 PM 0.462 7,412 3,428.050 CXXT 12:13:45 PM 0.462 1,260 582.750 CXXT 12:13:45 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:13:45 PM 0.462 52 24.050 CXXT 12:12:14 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:12:14 PM 0.462 55 25.438 CXXT 12:10:43 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:10:43 PM 0.462 58 26.825 CXXT 12:09:59 PM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 12:09:59 PM 0.462 66 30.525 CXXT 12:09:59 PM 0.460 3,334 1,533.640 12:09:12 PM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 12:09:12 PM 0.462 62 28.675 CXXT 12:07:41 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:07:41 PM 0.462 63 29.138 CXXT 12:06:10 PM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 12:06:10 PM 0.462 65 30.063 CXXT 12:04:38 PM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 12:04:38 PM 0.462 65 30.063 CXXT 12:02:07 PM 0.462 45 20.813 CXXT 11:59:05 AM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 11:59:05 AM 0.462 51 23.588 CXXT 11:58:11 AM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 11:57:16 AM 0.462 8 3.700 CXXT 11:57:16 AM 0.462 435 201.188 CXXT 11:57:16 AM 0.460 21,739 9,999.940 11:57:03 AM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 11:57:03 AM 0.462 55 25.438 CXXT 11:56:52 AM 0.462 5 2.313 CXXT 11:56:52 AM 0.462 217 100.363 CXXT 11:55:02 AM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 11:55:02 AM 0.462 57 26.363 CXXT 11:52:30 AM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 11:52:30 AM 0.462 45 20.813 CXXT 11:49:59 AM 0.462 34 15.725 CXXT 11:49:59 AM 0.462 48 22.200 CXXT 11:48:34 AM 0.462 94 43.475 CXXT 11:48:34 AM 0.462 204 94.350 CXXT 11:47:27 AM 0.462 129 59.663 CXXT 11:47:27 AM 0.462 60 27.750 CXXT 11:46:57 AM 0.462 1 0.463 CXXT 11:46:57 AM 0.462 89 41.163 CXXT 11:46:52 AM 0.462 61 28.213 CXXT 11:46:52 AM 0.462 20 9.250 CXXT 11:44:27 AM 0.462 73 33.763 CXXT 11:42:35 AM 0.462 2 0.925 CXXT 11:42:24 AM 0.462 169 78.163 CXXT 11:39:13 AM 0.462 86 39.775 CXXT 11:39:13 AM 0.462 3 1.388 CXXT 11:35:27
My take is that the above is classic "bot" trading - small trade parcels working to an algorithmic pattern toward a quantitative design, which in itself is pure market manipulation.
I don't see a relationship per se between bot activity and options trading. If any of the instos who deploy bots were found to be running options trading related to their quantitative analysed algorithms, they would be in deep trouble legally. However I would be very interested to know where legal boundaries lie with regard to any relationship with options trading campaigns and bot trading (HFT) actually sit, I believe ASIC and ASX should make this relationship clear.
Shorts or Put trading is done in contracts, usually a contract is for 100 or 1000 of the underlying (in this case BRN), it is the same with the other most common options strategy a Call (buying options contracts looking at an increase in SP).
Thusly options traders can play the market going up with Calls or going down with Puts.
You cannot just go to a trading platform or broker that I am aware of, and ask to borrow some shares for the purpose of shorting or going long. You look up options chains, you have to buy contracts (not just random numbers). Options trading is complex, and it is also risky if you don't know what you are doing, there is always someone on the other side of the trade, it is certainly no walk in the park - as I see so many posts here indicate.
This is not personal at all Yak, I see so many posts on here re shorters which IMO indicates a clear lack of knowledge about what is involved in trading options.
I may post re the LDA deal later (if I can find time) because I believe that it is not well understood here, this is in part because the wording of the announcement itself does not clearly elucidate what the LDA arrangement actually constitutes. To be perfectly honest I find the wording and terms used unusual.