Counterparty Radar >> Single-stock options
US mutual funds piled into call-selling strategies in Q1
Counterparty Radar: BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and T Rowe Price among the managers who added to single-stock positions
Mutual funds dialled up bullish bets with stock options in Q1
Counterparty Radar: Market contracted by $3.9 billion as US managers decreased sold calls
US funds sold single-stock calls, bought puts ahead of downturn
Franklin Templeton, BlackRock, Calamos built defensive positions in Q4 2021
BlackRock is biggest US fund user of single-stock options
Counterparty Radar: Microsoft was top underlying in latest filings, with notionals also up for Amazon and Meta