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Is Gold Ready to Bounce?
Some players in the options market are showing surprising amounts of bullish sentiment towards gold, even as the yellow metal displays considerable downside momentum. Thursday, the yellow metal lost $5.00 and moved back towards $800.00 an (register to read more …)
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN, news, chart) saw seven times its normal trading volume Thursday, as some players seemed to overlook weakness in the stock price and establish bullish spreads on the Cheshire, CT biotech company. (register to read more …)
The Morgan Stanley Retail Index (.MVR) October puts were active. The index slipped 3.08 points to 147.07 following a round of mostly disappointing August sales numbers from companies in the (register to read more …)
The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) is up 2.52 points to 23.95 and not far from session highs (24.12), as risk perceptions rise ahead of tomorrow’s monthly jobs data. The day was off to a rocky start when data on weekly (register to read more …)
Intel (INTC, news, chart) puts saw brisk trading as shares of the world’s largest chipmaker fell 94 cents to $20.60. Volume in the options market is running double the usual. More than 150,000 INTC (register to read more …)
A number of large trades took place in the MSCI Emerging Markets ETF today, as the underlying is down more than 4% and setting a new 52 week low near $36.60. Close to 340,000 contracts have traded by midafternoon, not (register to read more …)
Chevron Texaco (CVX, news, chart) call volume is outpacing put volume by a margin of three to one. The stock is down $2.95 to session lows of $81.23, as crude oil sends energy-related shares (register to read more …)
Aggressive call sellers seen in Jet Blue (JBLU, news, chart) options this afternoon, with sweep orders used to sell 15,000 Jan-09 7.5 calls from 81 to 75 cents over the course of an hour. (register to read more …)
Call volume is picking up in Corning (GLW, news, chart). The stock is down 69 cents to $16.36 and touched a new 52-week low following multiple broker downgrades. RBC lowered the stock to Sector (register to read more …)
Bearish trading has resurfaced in the KBW Regional Banking Fund (KRE). Shares are trading down $1.32 to $32.83 and 23,000 puts have traded, compared to just 322 call options. The September 25 puts are the most actives, with nealry 20,000 (register to read more …)
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