Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – VZ, BAC, T
Opening Calls Trade in Vodafone Group plc (VOD)
Shares of Vodafone Group plc (VOD) were trading higher at 26.54, up .73 today. VOD made a one-month high today.
Puts Trading in iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB)
Shares of the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB) are trading up .75 to 143.45. IBB is $5 off of its 52-week high.
Online Broker Optionshop Opens Its Doors for Business
On Monday, Optionshop, the new?online futures broker specializing in options on futures, opened its doors for business and will start accepting new accounts. According to its press release,?Optionshop thinks that "futures options have the potential to give traders a...
Unusual Options Activity Update: CREE, LVS, GFI, P, VVUS, ALU
Implied Volatility Mover and Volume Signals for Monday, January 7, 2013
ICE’s Purchase of NYSE Euronext and Its Effect on CME Group
With ICE’s acquisition of NYSE Euronext, what effect will this have on CME Group?
IB Options Brief: Tumi Holdings, Inc. (TUMI), Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) & NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NRF)
Traders Look To Tumi Puts As Shares Edge Higher – Today?s Tickers: TUMI, TWC & NRF
Closing Calls Trade in Quiksilver Inc (ZQK)
Shares of Quiksilver Inc (ZQK) are trading higher at 5.31, up .24 today. ZQK is trading on a 52-week high today.
DeVry Inc. (DV) Puts Trade
Shares of DeVry Inc. (DV) are trading down .49 to 24.76. DV is trading near a one-month high.
Reviewing Weekly Coffee
In the last two years, coffee price have been cut in half but within the last few weeks it looks like we may have found a value zone. After trading down for nine consecutive weeks coffee has been able to show marginal gains closing higher four out of the last five weeks.
Volatility Trading Digest – Strategy Ideas
We suspect underinvestment was the order of the day at yearend waiting the outcome of fiscal cliff wrangling in Washington DC. Accordingly, here are two new long ideas.
Volatility Trading Digest – The Market Tide Turns
Understandably the markets often give conflicting signals, some bullish, some bearish, but that was not the case for shortened last week as the markets discounted improving economic conditions and a somewhat less uncertain fiscal environment in Washington DC.




