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The Options Market Surges Past Another Milestone

2008 has certainly been an eventful year for the options market. There have been explosions in the VIX and implosions in many of the major indices and commodity products. With so much turmoil in the marketplace, 2008 is shaping up to be a record year for for the options market. The Options Clearing Corporation announced this morning that year-to-date options volume has finally surpassed the three billion contract mark. This is the first time that overall options volume has reached that milestone in a single trading year.

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A brief rundown of the latest headlines from the options market. Topics covered include: the impact of the short selling ban, derivatives risk management crisis, VIX roller coaster ride, CME vs. OCC, OTC credit derivatives battle and more…

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Upside Call Buying in USO

Upside Call Buying in USO

6900 USO Feb 27 calls went up in 1 block and is either looking for a large bounce in USO or this is covering some sort of short position.

Synthetic Covered Call in SD

Synthetic Covered Call in SD

A customer sold 16,000 Sandridge Energy (SD) March 3 puts at 1.40. With the stock trading 1.80, this appears to be a synthetic covered call

Call Stupid Trades in ODP

Call Stupid Trades in ODP

20k ODP July 7 calls & 2k ODP July 8 calls, known as a call stupid, traded earlier today.

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