Energen Corporation (EGN) is an energy holding company that operates in the development, exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the U.S. The company’s stock is currently trading around $81.65 in a 52 week range of $41.38-$82.70. The stock has been massively outperforming the market this year, rallying nearly 81% year to date. Options traders seem to believe this run can continue as we have seen extremely bullish unusual option activity in EGN this morning. A large 4 legged spread traded this morning as a trader sold 2,500 Jan 70 puts and 2,500 Jan 60 puts for $1.05 and $0.20 respectively. A 5,000 lot of the Jan 80-100 Call spreads bought for $3.35 were also tied to this order. This is a very bullish order and shows a high level of conviction. This trade is taking on a huge amount of risk to put this position on. We believe that this is a great signal to get long EGN. We will look at a trade that has a better risk vs. reward set up than the block trader got.
Trade: Buy the EGN April 85-95 Bull Call Spread for $3.00
Risk: $300 per 1 lot
Reward: $700 per 1 lot
Breakeven: $88.00
