The iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund (IYR) saw active trading Wednesday. IYR holds 83 different securities (including real estate holding and development companies and REITs). It is a market-value weighted ETF and therefore the largest component, Simon (register to read more …)

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Powershares NASDAQ 100 QQQ (QQQQ) puts were among the day’s most actives Wednesday. The Qs, which is an exchange-traded fund that holds the same stocks as the NASDAQ 100 Index (register to read more …)

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The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) is little changed despite another big move in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. With ten minutes left to trade, the Dow is down 120 points and has now experienced triple digit moves in five of (register to read more …)

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Nvidia (NVDA, news, chart) is seeing an uptick in volume in recent trading. Options premiums were crushed early in the day after the company reported quarterly earnings of 13 cents, one cent ahead of (register to read more …)

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Wells Fargo (WFC, news, chart) options are active today. The stock is trading down 88 cents to $29.50 and the January contracts are the (register to read more …)

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Safeway (SWY, news, chart) volume was noted yesterday when more than 24,000 Sep 25 calls were bought to open in a block tied to 2million shares of stock. The stock is slightly lower today, trading (register to read more …)

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SunTrust (STI, news, chart) is seeing bearish order flow. Shares are trading down $3.25 to $39.34 amid a two day sell off in banking stocks. In the options market, trading is brisk with 44,000 (register to read more …)

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WalMart (WMT, news, chart) is trading down $1.37 to $57.65 following this morning’s disappointing retail sales numbers and ahead of an earnings report due out before the opening bell tomorrow. Trading in the (register to read more …)

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Reliance Steel (RS, news, chart) is seeing four times its normal trading volume on takeover chatter. Shares are up 41 cents to $54.92 and 4,000 RS calls have traded, compared to just 185 puts. (register to read more …)

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Briggs and Stratton (BGG, news, chart) is seeing bearish order flow ahead of earnings. Volume in the options market is running 24 times the usual, with 8,100 BGG puts and 1,000 calls trading on (register to read more …)

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