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SPY and Silver Rally Lead Options Volume

By OptionsZone Experts
Positive jobs report sends consumer mid-caps higher, generates options trading.

Silver Weekly Option a Nail Biter

By OptionsZone Experts
The iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) options fall while one trader may have turned bullish in the Energy Select SPDR (NYSE: XLE).

Inept Fed Creates Commodity Bubble

By J.W. Jones
Market charts indicate Federal Reserve policies will bring inflation, higher interest rates and a recession.

Industrial and Material SPDRS Top Options

By OptionsZone Experts
Industrial SPDR (NYSE: XLI) and Materials SPDR ETF (NYSE: XLB) top midday option trading volume.

VIX Rally Screams for a Yawn

By Adam Warner
A rally in the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) may mean little.

Options Lunch With the New Exchange

By OptionsZone Experts
Moderate trading in the options market as Miami International Securities Exchange plans to become the 10th options exchange.

Options Lunch Sees Tech Drop and SLV Rise

By OptionsZone Experts
Options trading is moderate with a post-Bernanke lull. CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) back below 15.

Bond ETFs Find Favor as Economy Stalls

By Anthony Mirhaydari, InvestorPlace Market Strategist
A weak economy has investors looking at bond exchange-traded funds like the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSE: TLT).

Skew This Volatility Index

By Adam Warner
Contrary to a recent report, call options on the S&P 500 Index Options (CBOE: SPX) are dirt cheap.

Options Lunch – Big Bucks Buy SPX Puts

By OptionsZone Experts
Jefferies study finds put buying in the three-month series in the S&P 500 Index Options (CBOE: SPX).

Decline of VIX Futures Worth Watching

By Adam Warner
The iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures (NYSE: VXX) is dribbling away.

Options Midday – Market Awaits Fed Moves

By OptionsZone Experts
Options trading tense but slow as traders await word on possible QE III.

Digging up Profits in Fossil Options

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Retail apparel firm Fossil (NASDAQ: FOSL) shows some positives for options trades.

Options Midday – Bond ETF, BofA Top Volume

By OptionsZone Experts
Options trading busy with three bond TLT strikes showing large volume.

Bank of America Leads Options Midday

By OptionsZone Experts
Options midday are steady but controlled, led by bank of America (NYSE: BAC).

Falling Dollar Means Higher Oil, Gold, Equities

By J.W. Jones
A falling U.S. Dollar will bring higher prices for oil, gold and equities.

Silver Strong, Expiration Quiet

By OptionsZone Experts
A generally quiet expiration Friday sees a strong iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) hurt by poor earnings

Fear Index Can’t Even Get a Driver’s License

By Adam Warner
CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) drifts down during expiration week.

How Long Will This Sideways Market Last?

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Even though the economy is in better shape, stocks are finding it difficult to make new highs.
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