HTA Options Flow and Dark Pool Analysis

After looking at a few different tickers with unusual options activity, HTA looks the most promising because the Staples sector had bullish premium flow and high OTM %.

The next step is to explain why HTA stood out as a potential winner.

We first look for bullish options flow and dark pool activity.

We already know we'll see bullish option flow because we filtered for tickers with 95%+ ticker flow.

The question is how bullish are the flows, and do the dark pool prints tell the same story?

Options Flow Analysis

The two large call options in the past two weeks are certainly promising, especially for a ticker like HTA, which typically doesn't see substantial institutional volume.

The size of the premiums, given the low trading volume and the very high heat score, suggests that the options flow is very bullish.

Next, we want to check the dark pool activity.

Dark Pool Print Analysis

There have also been quite a few dark pool prints that have come through in the last two weeks, some of which were very large (hence the gold box).

Both the options flow and dark pool show promising bullish activity, but we still need to analyze technical strength and news sentiment to confirm the bullish intent (and our entry).