TIVO shares rally $4.40 to $14.61 and options action heats up after an appeals court rules against DISH in a contempt case. Shares rallied to 52-week highs on the news. 25K calls and 13K puts traded so far. Mar 10 (register to read more …)

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Shares of Tivo up 20c to $10.23 and option volume is 2x the daily average. Notable trades include 5,000 of the March $10 calls and 5,000 of the April $11 calls in what appears to be a roll up and (register to read more …)

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Options action is heating up in Electronic Arts (ERTS) ahead of earnings. There seems to be some optimism building. Shares are up 41 cents to $17.67 and call volume is outpacing put activity by almost three-to-one. More than 12K calls (register to read more …)

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Put volume in Bare Escentuals spiked Thursday to 16x recent average levels, led by Feb 12.5 Puts trading for 60cents as shares traded near $13.00. A total of 2735 contracts traded and nearly all were opening. Today’s news of a (register to read more …)

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Eastman Kodak (EK) is seeing a day of heavy trading after the company filed lawsuits alleging Apple (AAPL) and RIM (RIMM) infringed on EK’s digital technology. Eastman is looking for the ITC to prevent the two tech companies from importing (register to read more …)

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Heavy volume of more than 1 million Calls in Altria (MO) is related to stock trading ex-dividend. Options market closes at 1:00 eastern time today. So, the ex-div activity is a bit earlier than usual. Kraft Foods (KFT) and Campbell’s (register to read more …)

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Electronic Arts (ERTS) is up 25 cents to $17.32 and seeing some speculative call buying Wednesday morning. 5,730 Jan 17.5 calls traded (58 percent ask-side). Another 2,920 Jan 19 calls traded (95 percent ask-side). No headlines on the software and (register to read more …)

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Electronic Arts (ERTS) is down 33 cents to $16.11 after Piper Jaffray analyst said November video game sales were dismal. They suggest investors avoid ERTS and lowered its price target to $16.50 from $20. Shares are down and 13K puts (register to read more …)

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Electronic Arts shares are off 10c to $16.90 notable put buying in the march $17p in which there was a sweep of 4,420 contracts and now a total of 8,850 contracts have traded against prior open interest of 5,300 contracts. (register to read more …)

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Skechers shares are off 70c to $21.70 notable put trade of a purchase of 5,800 of the Jan. $20 puts at the 80c asking price. The prior open interest in the strike was just 686 contracts and this trade represents (register to read more …)

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