Options Update for OptionXpress (OXPS), ThinkorSwim (SWIM) & Interactive Brokers (IBKR)

The top ten most active options and strikes for 9/19/2008. Includes PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ), SPDR S&P 500 (SPY), MetLife (MET), Financial Select Sector (XLF) and IShares MSCI E.M.I.F. (EEM).

The top ten most active equity options and strikes for 9/19/2008. Includes Microsoft (MSFT), Wells Fargo (WFC), Morgan Stanley (MS), Genentech (DNA), Citigroup (C), WellPoint Inc. (WLP), Washington Mutual (WM) and Merck & Co (MRK).

Options Update for UltraShort QQQ ProShares (QID) and Kodak (EK)

Options Update: Financial Select Sector (XLF) & UltraShort S&P 500 ProShares (SDS)

The top ten most active index options and strikes for 9/18/2008. Includes PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ), Financial Select Sector (XLF) and SPDR S&P 500 (SPY).

The top ten most active equity options and strikes for 9/18/2008. Includes NRG Energy (NRG), EMC Corporation (EMC), Washington Mutual (WM), General Motors (GM), Citigroup (C), Morgan Stanley (MS), Mirant Corporation (MIR) and Joseph A Banks Clothiers (JOSB).

Options Update for Bank of New York (BK), State Street (STT) and Volatility Index (VIX)

Options Update for Market Vector Gold Miners (GDX) and Bank of New York (BK)

Unusual Options Activity Alert In SunPower (SPWR), SanDisk (SNDK) and Citigroup (C)

Options Update for SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) and Morgan Stanley (MS)

Volume and volatility soared in the options market Wednesday, as fears about the credit crunch combined with ongoing uncertainty about the global economy to send stocks reeling for a second time this week. Volume in the options market soared, with preliminary figures showing a new all-time single day record above 26 million contracts.