A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market – Still "Golden"!

Unusual options activity review for Thursday, August 19, 2010

Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, AAPL, BAC, PFE

Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 8/19

Delta Air Lines Receives Contrarian Bullish Combo Play – Featured Tickers: DAL & AKAM

Options Intelligence Report for Goldcorp, Inc. (GG) and iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund (IYR)

The company traded over 5,900 options on total daily average option volume of just 322. Every option was a put (zero calls)

This trade looks just like a call roll. Where someone closes the position in the front month into expo and re-opens in the second month. It's the prices and the broker's reluctance to give color that has me curious.

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT) seems to be trading as though another bid is headed its way. After a $38 billion offer from BHP Billion (NYSE: BHP) valuing the company at $130 per share, Potash has said that the bid will have to be far higher in its rejection. Potash went as far as to adopt an anti-takeover defense with a shareholder rights plan with a 20% trigger.

A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market – Bond Prices, Too Flat?

Unusual options activity review for Wednesday, August 18, 2010