Lewis, a former foreign exchange trader who was born in an apartment above a pub in London's East End, declined to comment through a spokesman. The loss is almost half his $2.5 billion fortune, as estimated by Forbes magazine in its 2007 survey. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3sR9N6dOoUM&refer=home
actually I remember reading he had some puts back in august maybe he isnt so dumb oh nevermind, he was actually selling puts
Here's the open interest for the lower strikes 25.00 27,637 30.00 36,930 35.00 14,566 40.00 23,029 45.00 10,848 BSC closed at $30.00 on Friday with the $30 strike puts trading at a $6 premium. So yes, decent amounts of money changed hands.