Bears binge on put options as Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. shares nosedive. Featured tickers: DO & GAP
Options Intelligence Report: Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (DO) & Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. (GAP)
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Options Intelligence Report: Transocean Ltd. (RIG) & WMS Industries, Inc. (WMS)
Options Intelligence Report for Transocean Ltd. (RIG) and WMS Industries, Inc. (WMS)
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – DO, TLB, HL, XLNX, BAX, WFR, NRG
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 6/8
Options Intelligence Report: Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (IMA) & Baxter International, Inc. (BAX)
Options activity jumps as Inverness Medical Innovations' shares plummet. Featured tickers: IMA & BAX
Options Intelligence Report: International Game Technology (IGT) & Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT)
Options Intelligence Report for International Game Technology (IGT) & Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT)
QuickSilver (KWK) – Block Trades Again; Skew Can't Find Equilibrium
The company was very active again yesterday. It traded nearly 10,000 options in the first hour on total daily average option volume of just 1,868. Again, the largest trade was the Jul 11/13 risk reversal (sell puts/buy calls).
Options Intelligence Report: Cameco Corp. (CCJ), CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS) & Waste Management, Inc. (WM)
Morning Movers: CCJ, CVS & WM
IRM, CTAS – The Anatomy and Timing of Pro Summer Volatility Sales
I've been writing for a while that pros tend to sell summer to collect premium over what is usually a dead period. Later they may (usually do) take that premium won and buy the Fall for a swoon.The trades yesterday, though they seem to be in totally different stocks because of the totally different industries, are in fact very similar.
Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of activity in the futures market – Rain, Greenback Have Corn Reeling
Unusual Options Activity Review – TSN, TIVO, GMCR, OMX, AA, TEVA, WMT, ESLR, .VIX, SPY
Unusual options activity review for Monday, June 7, 2010
Exclusive OIC 2010 Panel Audio: Adaptation – The Retail Marketplace.
Exclusive OIC 2010 Panel Audio: Adaptation – The Retail Marketplace. Moderator: Kevin Murphy – Citigroup Global Markets. Panelists: Chris Larkin – E*Trade; Randy Frederick – Charles Schwab, Pete Bottini – optionsXpress, John Dominic -TradeKing.
Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, PPL, AAPL, BAC
Top Ten Most Active Equity Options & Strikes – C, PPL, AAPL, BAC