A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market – "A Bitter Taste"
Morning Futures Roundup
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Unusual Options Activity Review – RF, NWL, VLO, FFIV, STI, ZION, MHP, BPOP, .VIX, EEM
Unusual options activity review for Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Top Ten Most Active Equity Optins & Strikes – MO, BX, KO, C, ARCC, NYX, ARG
Top Ten Most Active Equity Optins & Strikes – MO, BX, KO, C, ARCC, NYX, ARG
Options Intelligence Report: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), General Electric Co. (GE) & Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (PXD)
Bearish put butterfly spread materializes on emerging markets fund. Featured tickers: EEM, GE, PXD
Midday Unusual Options Activity Update – HNT, C, AIG, ITMN, AMR, VLO
Implied volatility movers and unusual volume movers for midday 3/10
Options Intelligence Report: SunTrust Banks, Inc. (STI) & Valero Energy Corp. (VLO)
SunTrust jumps but options contrarians express doubts. Featured tickers: STI & VLO
Options Intelligence Report: United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) & Regions Financial Corp. (RF)
Options Intelligence Report for United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) and Regions Financial Corp. (RF)
InterMune (ITMN) – FDA Panel Recommends Approval
ITMN options move as FDA's Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee (PADAC) recommends approval for the company's New Drug Application (NDA) for pirfenidone. Pirfenidone is InterMune's investigational drug candidate for the treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Morning Futures Roundup
A roundup of pre-session activity in the futures market – Will There be Some Surprises in the USDA March Crop Report This Year?
Unusual Options Activity Review – QLGC, CMC, AIG, AMR, HD, GME, MHLD, HBAN, .MVR, XLP
Unusual options activity review for Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Dividend Trade Strategies in the U.S. Options Industry, Part 3
Third installment of a series addressing looking at 2009 options industry growth. Although the U.S. equity options industry reported 3% growth in 2009, what many industry participants and observers do not realize is that this growth is solely attributable to an objectionable trading strategy called a "dividend trade."
Risk Management Conference Report: View From The Buyside
Reporting from the CBOE Risk Management Conference