Lehman Under Pressure to Unveil Plans to Save the Bank

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The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) is down .84 to 20.44, as the major averages hold modest gains heading into the closing bell. The S&P 500 is up 8 points and at the upper end of today’s 15-point range. Overall, the (register to read more …)

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Homebuilder Lennar (LEN, news, chart) is seeing bullish order flow. The stock is up 33 cents to $10.75 and 9,500 calls have traded, compared to less than 1,000 puts. The September 12.5 calls are (register to read more …)

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Limited (LTD, news, chart) is seeing active trading ahead of earnings. The stock is down 18 cents to $17.95 and options volume is running 8 times the usual. More than 10,000 puts have traded, (register to read more …)

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Activision Blizzard (ATVI, news, chart) puts are seeing action today. The stock is down $1.68 to $33.50 and 11,000 ATVI put options have traded, compared to 2,700 calls. The bearish trrading is possibly in (register to read more …)

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Lehman (LEH, news, chart) bounced off early brief low of $12.50 and option flow is (register to read more …)

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Wells Fargo (WFC, news, chart) October 17.5 puts are the day’s most actively traded equity options contract. The stock is up 68 cents to $28.47 and 30,000 of these out of the money puts (register to read more …)

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A block of 23,000 American International Group (AIG, news, chart) Jan-09 30 calls were bought by customer tied delta neutral to 483,000 shares at $20.60. The trade crossed by HUSKY on the PHLX and (register to read more …)

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Why Biotech Buyouts Might Continue.

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NVidia (NVDA, news, chart) is seeing yet another day of active call volume. The stock is up 60 cents to $14.02 and not far from session highs ($14.10) and 47,000 calls have traded, compared (register to read more …)

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