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Bringing Deltas To The Masses

The AMEX is hoping to use binary derivatives to allow more people to participate in the options market.

Penny Pricing By the Numbers – Part Two

There has been a great deal of hubbub over the impact of penny pricing on the options markets. Some believe that the massive influx of quote traffic will overwhelm the industry. Others believe that Penny Pilot critics are trying to scare the industry away from pennies just to protect their existing business models. However, there has been little data released by either side to back up their arguments. Until now…

Penny Pricing By the Numbers – Part One

There has been a great deal of hubbub over the impact of penny pricing on the options markets. Some believe that the massive influx of quote traffic will overwhelm the industry. Others believe that Penny Pilot critics are trying to scare the industry away from pennies just to protect their existing business models. However, there has been little data released by either side to back up their arguments. Until now…

Peeling Back the Onion – How Exploits Can Manipulate Options Volume Numbers

Everywhere you look, there are signs that the options business is booming. Revenues are up across the board. Each week, a press release announces that another long-standing volume record has been shattered. However, when you dig beneath the swarms of press releases and celebratory annual reports, you quickly realize that something strange is afoot. This bonanza might not be all it’s cracked up to be.

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Lots of Closing Action in DAL

Lots of Closing Action in DAL

20,000 DAL Dec 40 calls traded for 0.90. The calls marked spread but there was no other contracts of like size except the Dec 50 calls which looked like a closing transaction.

Giant Call Trade in VIX

Giant Call Trade in VIX

457,900 VIX Oct 19 calls traded today for 0.86 in one large block. The calls traded out of sequence and through the offer at the time. There is a jump in the option implied volatility in the VIX today by 3 points.

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