[Abathar]

Wonder what his Freeper name is...

[GeronL]

Well that is a very specific headline

[Flightdeck]

Maybe it’s a fund that has several hundred million in bull market investments and they’re hedging.

[Falcon4.0]

Sounds like something Soros would do.

[Hardraade]

11,25 mill? That’s a “very big” event?

Ummm...

[WakeUpAndVote]

It’s this right after Q1 results come out?

[SENTINEL]

"...April 20 and 25 puts"

Someone wealthy is expecting trouble April 19th.

[LouD]

I have learned to pay close attention to things like this posted on FR.

I remember reading the first indications of the mortgage crisis here on FreeRepublic. I also recall reading about the unusual shorting of Munich Re in early September of 2001 - prior to 9/11.

[American in Israel]

Seen this happen before. Usually before some terrorist incident. Happened for 911.

[Ezekiel]

Jim then goes on to list some of the scheduled events and deadlines visible over the next 60 days (mostly in Washington). When you add in the broad variety of geo-political possibilities, it's a decent reason to stay extra alert.

Did the list include that

>>>The White House has confirmed that Obama is planning his first trip to Israel since being elected president in March. He will also visit Jordan and the Palestinian Authority’s seat of power in Ramallah. <<<

‘Israel Thirsts to Hear Obama Directly’

[Sir Napsalot]

Obama surrender US sovereignty to UN in his State of the Union address.

[bgill]

Soros.

[Cold Heart]

When I look at stocks on my brokerage site I see ratings from about six different rating agencies. Sometimes they agree on buy or sell and sometimes they are all over the map. Sometimes I get good advice from Blam:)

[dartuser]

Last week somebody put on a call spread on the VIX using the April 20 and 25 puts.

This is balony ... if you are entering a long or short CALL spread position, you are using CALLS ... not PUTS.

[zagger]

It is a very leveraged bet against market complacency. Makes perfect sense since, by all historic measures, the stock market is at a record level of overconfidence. Although the options expire in 60 days, the buyer has to see a strong market move (probably down) much sooner than that or the option value will have been lost.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

If it’s a VERY big event it might be so big that he won’t get paid. So said trader is hoping for something bad but not too bad so as to take the financial system down with it. Just sayin’.

[vanilla swirl]

The Norks are getting to test their big boom rocket thingy.

[Nateman]

Something terrible has ALREADY happened. Around November last year. The RATS stole the election and are still in power.

[9YearLurker]

Possibly simply hedging some other bets that rely on a market drop?

[Royal Wulff]

If they bought puts they’d be betting that the VIX would go down, not up.