Morning Movers: SLB, DOW & TEX
Options Intelligence Report: Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB), Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) & Terex Corp. (TEX)
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Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market – Out of Gas
EEM (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF) – Huge Bet for Emerging Markets New Lows Within One Month
The ETF traded over 500,000 options on total daily average option volume of 271,400. The puts have traded on an 8:1 put:call ratio. The largest trade, accounting for 300,000 contracts, was a June 25/30/35 put butterfly.
Unusual Options Activity Review – EBAY, KG, AGN, SEED, CSCO, ATPG, VVUS, MDR, .VIX, .SPX, SPY
Unusual options activity review for Friday, May 28, 2010
Schizophrenic VIX
Volatility, one of the darlings of the options marketplace, has been all over the map this year. If you look at a sample of headlines from the first five months of 2010, you might think that either the market cannot make up its mind, or volatility has multiple, competing personalities.
Options Insider Radio Episode 57 – Live From OIC: Etrade
Live From OIC 2010 – Mark is joined by Chris Larkin, Senior Vice President, Etrade. Mark and Chris explore the reasons that hard core options users aren't migrating toward Etrade. Chris also outlines some of the upgrades that Etrade hopes will lure customers away from targeted options brokers like OptionsXpress.
Options Intelligence Report: Bank of America Corp. (BAC), CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Index Fund (FXY) & Vale S.A. (VALE)
Bank of America Bear Cleans Up – Featured tickers: BAC, FXY & VALE
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – RIG, EWJ, KG, CEPH, MDCD, CBST, SEED
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 5/28
Options Intelligence Report: ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (ATPG) & Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT)
Bears bombard ATP Oil & Gas Corp. – Featured tickers: ATPG & CAT
Options Intelligence Report: eBay, Inc. (EBAY) & Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)
Options Intelligence Report for eBay, Inc. (EBAY) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)
FXY (Japanese Yen) – Bet on Yen Upside Points to Bet on a Market Tumble
The Yen Trust traded over 17,000 options in the first two hours on total daily average option volume of just 1,894. All but 128 contracts have been calls.
Options Intelligence Report: King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (KG), Noble Corp. (NE) & Allergan, Inc. (AGN)
King Pharmaceuticals’ call options in high demand. Featured tickers: KG, NE & AGN