Options

Some well-timed trades in the options on Twitter, in the days before Tesla CEO boss Elon Musk revealed a large stake in the social media company, are raising eyebrows among options analysts.On Monday, Musk revealed a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, making him the biggest shareholder in the company, and triggering a 26 percent rise in Twitter's shares to over $49 (roughly Rs. 3,700).The news follows a flurry of bullish trading in Twitter's options in recent days, including in call options betting on Twitter shares rising…

US Federal prosecutors and securities regulators are investigating large bets that Barry Diller, Alexander von Furstenberg and David Geffen made on Activision Blizzard shares in January, days before the videogame maker agreed to be acquired by Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.IAC Chairman Diller, his stepson von Furstenberg, and music mogul Geffen have an unrealised profit of about $60 million (roughly Rs. 459.58 crore) on the options trade, based on the recent Activision share price of around $80…