Unusual Options Activity Review For Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Unusual Options Activity Review: SPLS, CIEN, OSK, RVBD, RL, VMED, RAX, STP, .SPX, .NDX, XLB
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Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes: GE, BAC, YRCW, AAPL, IVR, YHOO
The most active equity options and strikes for Wednesday, September 14
The Late Edition
Late afternoon round-up of industry-related stories
Bullish Option Activity Alert: ERIC
LM Ericsson Co. (ERIC), the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators, has seen its shares struggling to hold their $10 support level over the last month and Option activity this afternoon suggests some investors believes this technical level will hold and the shares will rally during the remainder of 2011.
Bullish Option Activity Alert: INFA
Informatica Corp. (INFA), the Redwood City, CA based independent provider of data integration software, is seeing Bullish Option activity this afternoon with the December 40-47.5 Call spread seeing an opening buyer
Midday Edition
A look at the VIX, active options and links to morning stories
IB Options Brief: Staples, Inc. (SPLS) & Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (RAX)
Unusual activity in Staples, Inc. (SPLS) & Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (RAX)
IB Options Brief: Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL) & Oshkosh Corp. (OSK)
Options player harvests premium on Ralph Lauren
Bullish Option Activity Alert: OSK
Oshkosh Corp. (OSK) shares are trading 3.4% higher this morning on unconfirmed takeover rumors (theflyonthewall.com) and option activity is already 6 times the company's average daily volume.
Morning Futures Roundup
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The Morning Edition
Pre-market stories and a look at the day ahead
Behold the Power of Volatility
I have often said that in order to win playing options directionally traders need to be right twice