Apollo Calls Remain Active On Mixed Views – Featured Tickers: APOL, ERTS & MMR
Options Intelligence Report: Apollo Group (APOL), Electronic Arts (ERTS) & McMoRan Exploration Co. (MMR)
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Options Intelligence Report: Bank of America Corp. (BAC) & Transocean Ltd. (RIG)
Options Intelligence Report for Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and Transocean Ltd. (RIG)
Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of activity in the futures market – Will Warm Weather Heat Up Natural Gas Futures?
IVOLopps: Volatility-Inspired Trades
For the expected downside, or to hedge existing long positions, we think an interesting idea is to employ debit bear put spreads and credit call spreads.
Volatility Trading Digest: Bear Spreads
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Unusual Options Activity Review – ERTS, GS, F, ONNN, NLY, LO, DKS, SWY, .MNX, XLV
Unusual options activity review for Friday, July 16, 2010
McClatchy (MNI) – Enormous One-Sided Volatility Order Flow and Volatility Explosion
The company traded over 13,000 options on total daily average option volume of just 508. Zero (0) puts traded; the order flow is entirely call buying in Aug and Jan '11.
Vivus (VVUS) – Bio-tech Gone Wrong; A Look Back at Option Market's Accuracy
At the time of this post VVUS was trading $5.06, down 58.3% with front month volatility down several hundred points.
* UPDATE General Electric (GE) – Earnings Results
This is an update to this post from Friday General Electric (GE) – Earnings Preview on Volatility Pattern.
Does the VIX Get it Right?
In theory, a more volatile market in the next 30 days would justify higher options prices today, but does the VIX usually get it right in practice? Does today's VIX have any correlation with actual volatility over the next 30 days?
Options Intelligence Report: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) & BP PLC (BP)
Bullish Investor Enacts Options Combo Play On Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. – Featured Tickers: GS & BP
Options Intelligence Report: Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) & iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (EEM)
Options Intelligence Report for Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (EEM)