Unusual options activity review for Monday, August 23, 2010
Unusual Options Activity Review – BA, RHT, FMCN, WCG, ISLN, MSPD, DTG, AIRM, .VIX, .SPX, EEM
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Options Intelligence Report: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS), Boeing Co. (BA) & Red Hat, Inc. (RHT)
Bullish Options Combo Player Foresees Rally in Goldman Sachs' Future – Featured Tickers: GS, BA & RHT
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – DG, WAG, THC, WHR, CAG, HOLX, DKS
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 8/23
Options Intelligence Report: Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (DTG) & Dell, Inc. (DELL)
Put Butterfly Spread D?j? Vu At Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. – Featured Tickers: DTG & DELL
Options Intelligence Report: Isilon Systems, Inc. (ISLN) & Whirlpool Corp. (WHR)
Options Intelligence Report for Isilon Systems, Inc. (ISLN) and Whirlpool Corp. (WHR)
Volatility Trading Digest – M&A Indicator Strategy & Takeover Review
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – M&A Indicator
The unusual number of announced M&A deals last week, coming right in the middle of the traditional summer vacation prompted one investment banker to say in a television interview that his "black car indicator" had risen to an all time high for August.
Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market – Don't Fight the Trend
Unusual Options Activity Review – HK, FBR, LLTC, ATVI, WFC, FTI, BBY, DTG, SPY, GLD
Unusual options activity review for Friday, August 20, 2010
Options Intelligence Report: iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (EFA) & FMC Technologies, Inc. (FTI)
Put Player Portends Additional Declines In iShares MSCI EAFE Index ETF – Featured Tickers: EFA & FTI
Direxion Small Cap 3x Bullish (TNA) – Big Bet on an Expiration Pop
The ETF traded over 11,000 options Wednesday on total daily average option volume of just 3,552. All but 1,599 contracts were calls. The action was in the August 39 calls where over 7,700 traded; substantially purchases.
Options Intelligence Report: Fibria Celulose SA (FBR) & Tyco International Ltd. (TYC)
Options Intelligence Report for Fibria Celulose SA (FBR) and Tyco International Ltd. (TYC)