Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, PFE, AAPL, DELL
Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, PFE, AAPL, DELL
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Options Intelligence Report: Pfizer, Inc. (PFE), UAL Corp. (UAUA) & Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV)
Bullish Options Strategist Takes Action As Pfizer Shares Push Higher. Featured tickers: PFE, UAUA & LYV
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – BP, ALL, BBY, AKS, LCC, AONE, ARUN
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 6/15
Options Intelligence Report: Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) & Best Buy Co. (BBY)
Bulls Eye Caterpillar, Inc. Put And Call Options. Featured tickers: CAT & BBY
Options Intelligence Report: Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NVTL) & Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF)
Options Intelligence Report for Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NVTL) and Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF)
Options Intelligence Report: Gamestop Corp. (GME), Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) & Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR)
Gamestop Corp. Bears Emerge After Best Buy Implements Video Game Trade-Ins Policy. Morning Movers: GME, ANF & GMCR
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) – Call Spreader with Put Sales
The company traded over 7,000 options in the first hour on total daily average option volume of just 2,061. A single trade put up 6,000 of those contracts on December 42.5/47.5 call spread purchase 2,000x with July 34 puts sold to fund it 2,000x.
Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market – Sugar High
ONE COSTLY MESS- News Sentiment and Option Volatility
This oil spill is like a vortex. Ruins everything it touches. Coastline, jobs and companies, you name it. Like the spill itself, it casts a dark shadow over the market. What the spill is doing is affecting market sentiment and not in a good way. We can now actually measure market sentiment and create a number from it and combine that number with other market data.
Unusual Options Activity Review – CF, LVS, CNQ, JBLU, PXD, LXK, AMD, BMC
Unusual options activity review for Monday, June 14, 2010
Taking Advantage of Market Volatility
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) continues to make news. With the VIX hitting its one year high last month, it continues to buoy near 2010 highs. There is no shortage of media coverage on the VIX either, which may be prompting investors to try to profit off of it.
VXX (Short Term VIX Futures ETN) – Active in June (and July)
Yesterday the ETN traded over 21,000 options. All but 3,243 contracts were calls. A lot of the action was in the front month (June) OTM calls.