Unusual Options Activity Alert In Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA), XTO Energy (XTO), Cheasapeake Energy (CHK) & iShares Emerging Markets Fund (EEM)
After a long expiration week, there's nothing more refreshing than an "Options Cocktail." Topics on tap include: Financial Select SPDR (XLF) / Russel 2000 (IWM) Put Spread, Regional Bank Holders Index (RKH), SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), the Fed's Catch-22 with interest rates and more…
Options Update for Boeing (BA) and Medicines Co (MDCO)
Options Update for Palm (PALM) and Freeport McMoRan (FCX)
The consequence of having a position that is delta neutral is that for small changes in the price of the stock, the total value of the position does not change. Note the emphasis on the word small. In effect, by making a position delta neutral, we have eliminated, or at least reduced, the impact of a change in the value of the stock on the value of the position.
Unusual Options Activity Alert for El Paso Energy (EP) & Eli Lilly (LLY)
Options Update for United Parcel Service (UPS) and Research in Motion (RIMM)
Topics on tap for this week's program include: unusual options activity in the regional banking sector (Fifth-third Bancorp (FITB), Suntrust Banks (STI), Washington Mutual (WM), etc), CBOE & CME bury the hatchet and FCC gives the nod to the Sirius/XM satellite radio merger…
Options Update for Nike (NKE) and Motorola (MOT)
Shares of Huntsman Corp. (HUN) fell over 40% on Wednesday as markets digested the news that buyout firm Apollo Management (and one of its businesses, Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc.) announced that they were suing to back out of an agreement to acquire the chemical maker for $6.5 billion. Well, some astute options traders were all over this play even before the news hit the wires. Significant options activity was seen in several at-the-money and near-the-money strikes…
Options Update for Lehman (LEH) and H&R Block (HRB)
Options Update for Monsanto (MON) and Walgreen (WAG)