Exclusive OIC 2010 Panel Audio: Closing Remarks and Passing Of The Hammer
Exclusive OIC 2010 Panel Audio: Closing Remarks and Passing Of The Hammer
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Options Intelligence Report: Visa, Inc. (V) & American Express Co. (AXP)
Visa, Inc. Call Options Fly Off The Shelves. Featured Tickers: V & AXP
Options Intelligence Report: General Mills, Inc. (GIS) & H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ)
Options Intelligence Report for General Mills, Inc. (GIS) and H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ)
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – BP, IWM, XLB, GIS, AMGN, XRX, ITMN
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 6/21
Options Intelligence Report: Affymax, Inc. (AFFY) & Revlon, Inc. (REV)
Bears On The Attack As Shares Of Affymax, Inc. Sink. Featured tickers: AFFY & REV
Options Intelligence Report: Alcoa, Inc. (AA) & Oracle Corp. (ORCL)
Options Intelligence Report: Alcoa, Inc. (AA) & Oracle Corp. (ORCL)
Wabco Holdings (WBC) – Buying Cheap Volatility on Stock Rise
The company traded over 6,293 options on total daily average option volume of just 251. The action is in July; put buyer and call spread seller – both short deltas.
Volatility Trading Digest: Event Related Spreads & Put Sales
Expecting an upside bias we set up our RT Spread Scanner and found some possible suggestions in the oil and gas sector that we are now calling event related due to the supply uncertainty from the problems in the Gulf of Mexico.
Volatility Trading Digest: Dubious Falling Wedge
The S&P 500 Index broke out above the upper trendline defining the falling wedge technical pattern. Since the volume on the breakout appears to have been not as high as required for a valid breakout we are suspicious that it can meet its measuring objective above the April high.
VXX (VIX Short Term ETN) – Volatility of Volatility Buyer Near Term on Pattern
The ETN traded over 14,700 options in the first hour. 10,000 contracts traded on a July 26 straddle purchase (a purchase of volatility's volatility).
Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market – Copper Rally Corrodes as Economic Data Disappoints
Unusual Options Activity Review – ABX, CRUS, APC, NEM, LINTA, ORCL, SWHC, IBM, .VIX, EWZ
Unusual options activity review for Friday, June 18, 2010