. >> that was ebay ceo john donohoe talking about activist investor carl icahn.nough the announcement was preceded by progressive buying. rumor has it he does watch "options action." dan's at the plaza breaking this mystery down. dan. >> let's see if this is as much of a mystery here. this is interesting because the stock for 2013 underperformed its internet peers. it was stuck between 50 and $58 for all year. there was a thing that got nailed back in november and there was a really interesting purchase. this was at the lows of the year. somebody looked out to july and they bought 50,000 of the july 62 half 65 call spreads not for a heck of a lot of premium. it was interesting that that call spread makes money above the all-time highs in the stock. then we had the stock. just as you know, there were rumors back then that carl icahn was looking at the company. then as we got into november there was a couple jan 24 purchases in november and in december. jan 24 this today's expiration, 50,000 call options also bought. and then again on jan 14th there was 32,000 of t