Replies to post #1573 on Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc fka ARIA

[JJM760]

regardless I would expect a buy of that size to create a temp shortage thus driving the stock price up atleast 10 cents, no?

[Whosetosay]

These are all good questions that I do not know the answer to.


First, what calls (month, price) were exercised?

When a call is exercised, is that that transaction represented on the tape as X00 shares at the strike price? Some other price? Not on the tape?

If it is represented as a transaction, volume goes up. If the writer has to buy shares to deliver, or decides to buy shares to replace called (all) shares, it goes up double.

Anyone??