Conoco Phillips (COP, news, chart, volatility) appears to have been the subject of a substantial collar strategy Tuesday. Shares gained $3.94 to $73.25 after crude oil rose 5 percent and reclaimed $100 a (register to read more …)

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Alpha Natural Resources (ANR, news, chart, volatility) saw bullish trading amid a recovery in the coal stocks Tuesday. The Market Vectors Coal Fund (register to read more …)

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30,000 of the October 40 Puts traded late this afternoon, priced at $17.60 or 15cents above parity based on the stock price of $22.55. This type of volume (also seen in deep puts on CEG today) involves a strategy to (register to read more …)

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Caterpillar (CAT, news, chart, volatility) is bucking the bullish trend Friday. It is the only stock among the Dow thirty not moving higher (register to read more …)

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Allied Capital (ALD, news, chart, volatility) implied volatility is reaching 225 percent, up from under 80 percent yesterday, on news lender Ciena Capital, one of Allied’s portfolio company’s, filed (register to read more …)

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Duke Energy (DUK, news, chart, volatility) is seeing bearish order flow Tuesday. Shares are trading down a nickel to $17.56 after the utility company said it was drawing roughly $1 billion from a (register to read more …)

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Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB, news, chart, volatility) shares are up 34% today, trading near $12.21 on optimism regarding recovery. Option volume is running near 5 times normal, with 51,000 contracts trading and (register to read more …)

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Atheros Communications (ATHR, news, chart, volatility) calls are active. Shares of the Santa Clara, California semiconductor company are up 91 cents to $23.06 after Collins Stewart resumed coverage on the stock with (register to read more …)

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Harley Davidson (HOG, news, chart, volatility) is seeing three times normal options trading volume. Shares of the motorcycle company are riding southward, down $1.76 to $36.17, despite big gains for the broader (register to read more …)

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The Currency Shares Euro Trust (FXE, news, chart, volatility) is down $3.57 to $141.08 after the euro fell “the most against the dollar since the introduction of the shared currency in 1999 as (register to read more …)

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