Ratio Put Spreader Tunes In To DISH Network Corp. Options – Featured Tickers: DISH, LBTYA & HGG
Options Intelligence Report: DISH Network Corp. (DISH), Liberty Global, Inc. (LBTYA) & HHGregg, Inc. (HGG)
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Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – IBM, AEP, TTM, C, OLN, F
Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – IBM, AEP, TTM, C, OLN, F
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – TSN, SFD, PPD, SAFM, RIG, SD, POT, VLO, TSO, NLY
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 8/5
The Value Area & Your Trading
Each day the market defines a Market Profile (MP), a Value Area (VA) and a Point of Control (POC) all of which are invaluable trading the following day. Similar market derived data over longer time frames is also of great value to day traders and other time frame (OTF) traders.
S&P Utilities (XLU) – Put Spreader in September
The ETF traded over 52,000 options on total daily average option volume of just 13,877. All but 2,536 contracts have been puts. The largest trade has been a September 28/30 put spread bought for $0.41 12,000x.
Options Intelligence Report: Veeco Instruments, Inc. (VECO) & WebMD Health Corp. (WBMD)
Contrarian Player Portends Rebound In Veeco Instruments, Inc. Shares – Featured Tickers: VECO & WBMD
Options Intelligence Report: Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) & TFS Financial Corp. (TFSL)
Options Intelligence Report for Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) and TFS Financial Corp. (TFSL)
Dendreon (DNDN) – Bio-tech Option Trades on News
Note a few things: 1) The Aug weekly vol is down 43 points. 2) The Aug monthly vol is down 17 points. 3) The Aug weekly 40 strike calls are priced at ~80 vol. 4) The Aug monthly 38 strike calls are priced at ~56 vol.
Kinross Options Outlook Contradicts Stock Move (KGC, GDX)
Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) appears to be an example where options traders may be expecting something different than what equity traders are seeing. Kinross is paying some $7.1 billion in total transaction value to acquire Red Back Mining Inc. in Canada. A gold miner wants to become a much larger gold miner. As you often see with acquirers, Kinross saw a large drop in its common stock based upon the added dilution
Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of activity in the futures market – Over-Caffeinated?
Unusual Options Activity Review – LEAP, MOT, HIG, ALL, GENZ, VMED, ASML, BDX, .VIX, XLU
Unusual options activity review for Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – NMM, ETP, MOT, C, ETN, CSCO, MSFT, PFE
Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – NMM, ETP, MOT, C, ETN, CSCO, MSFT, PFE