Implied volatility in American International Group (AIG, news, chart, volatility) was off the charts Monday. Shares sank $7.38 to $4.76 after the Federal Reserve asked Goldman Sachs (GS) and JP Morgan to lend (register to read more …)

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A number of sentiment indicators reached multi month highs as the S&P 500 fell to new 52-week lows Monday. VIX closed at its highest levels since March 17 (see 4:00 comment).

Volumes on the US exchanges soared. 1.8 billion shares traded (register to read more …)

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The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) is up 5.43, or 21 percent, to 31.09. The Fear Gauge is set to close near session highs after another wave of selling hit the (register to read more …)

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The KBW Regional Banking ETF (chart, volatility) is seeing double its normal trading volume, with 26,000 puts and 5,000 calls trading on the day. Most of the volume is due to a substantial butterfly spread, where (register to read more …)

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Bullish call buying is taking place in Dutch farm machinery company CNH Global (CNH, news, chart, volatility) today, continuing a trend that has been building over the past few sessions. Stock is trading (register to read more …)

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Data Domain (DDUP, news, chart, volatility), a Santa Clara, California based maker of deduplication storage systems, is seeing active put buying Monday. Shares are down $1.03 to $19.98 and volume in the options (register to read more …)

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Calls on the PHLX Japanese Yen Index (.XDN) are active. The buck fell to a two month low of 104.51 on the yen early and was down 2.33 to 105.586 in recent trade. XDN, which is an index designed to (register to read more …)

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Moody’s (MCO, news, chart, volatility) is seeing double its normal trading volume on increasing put buying. The stock is down $1.92 to $36.70 (register to read more …)

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Infosys (INFY, news, chart, volatility) options are active. Shares of the Bangalore, India information technology company are trading down $1.55 to $35.69. In (register to read more …)

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Another new 52 week low for General Electric (GE, news, chart, volatility) today, as shares dipped below $24 near 10am before a bounce to current level near $25.25, down (register to read more …)

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