Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, BMY, BAC, BP, HTS, AAPL
Options Intelligence Report: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF), Comerica Inc. (CMA) & Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV)
Bearish Player Unfurls Butterfly Wings On Financial Select Sector SPFR Fund (XLF) – Featured Tickers: XLF, CMA & LYV
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – .VIX, .SPX, AMD, SSO, HPQ, CIT, RTH, ERTS
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 6/29
Options Intelligence Report: Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) & Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL)
Bears Bombard Wynn Resorts Ltd., Marvell Technology Group Ltd. – Featured Tickers: WYNN & MRVL
Options Intelligence Report: Avon Products, Inc. (AVP) & Praxair, Inc. (PX)
Options Intelligence Report for Avon Products, Inc. (AVP) and Praxair, Inc. (PX)
Double-Diagonals Have You Seeing Double (Margin)?
Options-centric brokers don't require double margin on a balanced iron condor or butterfly (i.e., where the vertical spreads are equal and all contracts have the same expiration date)?but thanks to a regulatory crack-down in the wake of the 2008 credit crisis, it's increasingly likely that any deviation from a balanced iron condor or butterfly will cost you margin on both sides, at least until the regulations are updated (and the most optimistic estimates for when that might happen are on the order of several months).
Hasbro (HAS) – Stock Pop on Takeover Rumor and Call Purchase
The company traded over 7,400 options on total daily average option volume of just 1,355. The largest trade was a 3,434 lot Aug 47.5 call purchase about thirty minutes into the stock rise. Calls traded on a 19:1 ratio to puts.
Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market – Can Gold Continue to Grind Higher?
Unusual Options Activity Review – PXP, AFL, HD, EXPE, GSK, DELL, SBUX, ALKS, .VIX, GDXJ
Unusual options activity review for Monday, June 28, 2010
Options Intelligence Report: Plains Exploration & Production Co. (PXP), Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL), Sempra Energy (SRE) & Research in Motion, Ltd. (RIMM)
Options Intelligence Report: Plains Exploration & Production Co. (PXP), Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL), Sempra Energy (SRE) & Research in Motion, Ltd. (RIMM)
Options Intelligence Report: Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) & Aflac, Inc. (AFL)
Bulls Bombard Micron Technology, Inc. Options Ahead Of Earnings. Featured tickers: MU & AFL
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – MO, EBAY, YHOO, STX, MNKD, MOS, ADBE
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 6/28
