Harley Davidson (HOG) sees an afternoon spike to $51.96 and is up $1.92 to $51.48 on increasing volume of 2.7 million shares. Options action is heating up as well. 9,470 calls and 2,955 puts traded on the motorcycle-maker so far. (register to read more …) [...]

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Ford Motor (F) adds 7 cents to $13 and morning options trades on the automaker include a Mar $12 – $14 bearish risk-reversal, bought for 8 cents, 10000X. Open interest is sufficient to cover, but this might be an opening (register to read more …) [...]

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Options volume surged and implied volatility in Goodyear Tire (GT) is higher after the company warned at a Deutsche Bank conference that nice weather is taking a toll on winter tire sales. Shares are off $1.42 to $13.86. Meanwhile, 21,000 (register to read more …) [...]

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General Motors (GM) adds 24 cents to $23.16 and a Jan – Feb 20 call spread is bought on the automaker for 25 cents, 12500X, and probably rolls a bullish position in in-the-money calls out an additional month. After losing (register to read more …) [...]

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Ford (F) adds 13 cents to $10.73 and one player sells a Dec 10 – $11 call spread on the automaker at 61 cents, 12000X. It possibly a closing trade or maybe a roll up from ITM to OTM calls, (register to read more …) [...]

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Ford (F) adds 14 cents to $11.08 and a Sep 12 – 13 call spread trades on the automaker at 21 cents, 34,476X on ISE. Data indicate a customer rolled a position down in strikes. Sep 13 calls on Ford (register to read more …) [...]

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95000 calls and 35000 puts traded in Ford (F) so far today. Shares are down 17 cents to $11.68 and falling to levels not seen since September of last year. Shares are on a two-day 5.4 percent skid after the (register to read more …) [...]

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GM is down 57 cents to $27.50 after the automaker reported a modest 8 percent increase in July auto and truck sales. Data released this morning that showed a .2 percent decline in July personal spending might also be weighing (register to read more …) [...]

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American Axle (AXL) adds 51 cents to $11.05 after the Detroit-based auto parts maker reported quarterly earnings of 65 cents per share, which was 21 cents better-than-expected. A noteworthy options trade in AXL this morning is a block of 6500 (register to read more …) [...]

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Ford Motor (F) loses 36 cents to $13.76 and a 24,348-contract block of Aug 15 calls trades at 19 cents on ISE. It’s an opening customer buyer, according to ISEE data. 43,915 contracts now traded. Mar 14, July 14, and (register to read more …) [...]

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