The Manitowoc Company, Inc (MTW) is a capital goods manufacturer operating in cranes and food-service equipment. The company’s stock is currently trading around $19.70 in a 52 week range of $12.82-$21.87. The stock has been outperforming the market adding more than 25% to share prices year to date. Recent activity in the options market indicates that traders believe this trend will continue through next year as traders are placing very large bets on MTW. On November 13th a trader bought 15,400 MTW Jan 2015 30 Calls for $0.90. This is a nearly $1.9 million bet on further upside in MTW. The MTW chart is relatively neutral with stock trading inside the Ichimoku Cloud, indicating the stock is not trending. Despite the lackluster technical in MTW we believe the activity in MTW is strong enough to justify a long term set up. We will look to get long MTW with a longer time frame.
Trade: Buying the MTW Jan 2015 30 Calls for $1.00
Risk: $100 per 1 lot
Reward: Unlimited
Breakeven: $31.00
