Diamond Foods (DMDN) sees and an afternoon spike to $22.2 and is now up 93 cents to $21.64 on increasing volume of 644K shares. Options action is picking up as well. 5,440 calls and 1,280 puts traded on DMND so (register to read more …) [...]

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) is off 52 cents to $49.22 on 3.7 million shares traded, which is a bit lighter than normal, as investors are possibly taknig a wait-and-see approach ahead of the company’s earnings report. However, options on (register to read more …) [...]

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Herbalife (HLF) is under pressure today on heavy volume of 23 million shares after the company posted better-than-expected earnings and revenues, but was then later grilled by David Einhorn about distributor disclosures in the post-earnings call. Shares are down $16.32 (register to read more …) [...]

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Implied volatility in the options on Tyson Foods (TSN) is up sharply on unconfirmed reports the USDA has identified cases of mad cow disease. The talk has triggered volatile reactions in a number of names including WEN, MCD, PPC, DF, (register to read more …) [...]

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Tyson Foods (TSN) adds 24 cents to $19.42 and recent options trades on the poultry producer include a multi-exchange sweep of 3075 Apr 20 calls for 40 cents when the market was 30 to 40 cents. Apr and Oct 21 (register to read more …) [...]

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Bunge (BG) is jumping on earnings today, up $2.69 to $62.43, and morning trades on the stock include a multi-exchange sweep of 5,841 Jul 67.5 calls for $1 per contract. It’s possibly an opening buyer. Separately, a sweep of 4,000 (register to read more …) [...]

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Diamond Foods (DMND) loses 49 cents to $37.31 and it appears that one or more investors has been building a position in Feb 30 – 35 put spreads on the snack food company today. The top trade is 3,021 Feb (register to read more …) [...]

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Mead Johnson (MJN) is under pressure this morning and it appears that downside puts are being bought and upside calls are being sold on the stock after a Missouri Walmart pulled a batch of powered infant formula after a baby (register to read more …) [...]

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) implied volatility is elevated, as shares give up early gains and trade lower Tuesday. After bucking the bearish trend Monday and gaining 4.9 percent, the stock opened higher and added another 3 percent in early (register to read more …) [...]

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Pepsico (PEP) is up $1.39 to $65.89 and implied volatility in the options on the stock is moving higher today after New York Post reported today that the company’s Board is divided regarding a potential split of the company’s snack (register to read more …) [...]

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