Options Traders Gird for End of Facebook Lockups

Options traders are betting Facebook Inc.’s shares will face new headwinds as investor-lockup periods end in the coming weeks.

That would continue a trend established earlier this year when peers Groupon Inc. and Zynga Inc. faced similar circumstances — the expiration of rules that temporarily barred early investors from selling more shares into the market.

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