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Tenet, Community Spat Spurs Option Volume
By
Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Options trading moderate as CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) drops, Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) sues Community Health (NYSE: CYH).
BofA Finds a Believer in Options Pits
By
Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Quiet options trading day as Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) finds a call buyer and the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) adds .82 to 17.93.
Option Midday Movers April 8
Options midday movers incliude Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Oracle, (NASDAQ: ORCL) and iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV).
Citi Dominates Options Trading
By
Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Options trading slow but Citigroup (NYSE: C) easily dominates equity option trading.
Option Midday Movers April 7
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY), Citigroup (NYSE: C) lead options volume trading this morning.
Cisco Breaks Bearish Funk, Rocks Options
By
Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Options trading today dominated by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSC)) and retailers The Gap (NYSE: GPS), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN).
Option Midday Movers April 6
Industrial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLI) May 34 and May 35 Puts
lead option volume this morning.
Low Option Volatility Means Vertical Spreads
By
Adam Warner
Option volatility has dropped, making it hard to profit by just selling calls. Try vertical spreads.
Goldcorp, Silver Top Options Volume
By
Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Options volume picked up with precious metals firms Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) and Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE: EXK) drawing traders.
Option Midday Movers April 5
Emerging Markets EEM tops volume list, while takeovers Inspire Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ISPH) and National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) get some action.
BofA, Clean Energy Top Options Activity
By
Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Quiet options trading dominated by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE), and Duoyuan Global Water (NYSE: DGW).
SPY Tops Option Midday Movers
Options trading at midday saw SPY topping volume action
The VIX Isn’t Low, the SPX is High
By
Adam Warner
The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) is correctly priced in this slow, grinding market.
CBOE Loses Options Volume Market Share
The nine options exchanges set a volume record in March but long time leader Chicago Board Options Exchange saw its market share drop.
Citi, Yahoo, Boston Sci Lead Option Wrap
By
Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Generally quiet options trading led by Citi (NYSE: C), Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) trails down.
Option Volume Midday Movers April 1
Options trading at midday saw strikes of Financial select SPDR (NYSE: XLF) and S&P 500 SPDR (NYSE: SPY) grabbing solid volume. Option volume in all SPY strikes topped 1 million contracts.
Options Investors Get Bullish — Really Bullish
By
Anthony Mirhaydari, InvestorPlace Market Strategist
The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) and CBOE Equity Put-to-Call Ratio show that options traders believe the market will go higher in the near term.
Dell, RIMM Top the Options Wrap on Dull Day
By
Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Options wrap up on slow day as Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) trade down, and Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) rises.
