GE, which saw more than 68,500 Mar 17.5 calls traded yesterday, is up 63 cents to $17.92 today and heading to session highs after the Fed stood pat on rates and said it expects rates to stay low for quite (register to read more …)

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GE is flat at $17.04 and March 17.5 calls are busy Monday. More than 43K traded and some of the action might be closing. Open interest is 181.4K and the biggest OI position of any GE contract. However, the top (register to read more …)

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Unusual action in Trina Solar (TSL) after an investor apparently opened a bearish risk-reversal Tuesday, only to close it Wednesday. The position was opened Tuesday midday on ISE when shares traded around $22.50. At that time, 7000 Mar 20.5 puts (register to read more …)

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Trina Solar shares are up 39c to $22.94 and option volume is 9x the daily average driven by the March $20.5/$24.50 bearish risk-reversal, which traded 7,000X on ISE. Sentiment data confirm that 7000 puts were bought-to-open and, with shares running (register to read more …)

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Alliance Techsystems shares are up 20c to $79.65 and option volume is 2x the daily average driven by an August $80/$90 call spread which was purchased 1,000x for a $3.50 net debit. Shares of the Minneapolis based aerospace company had (register to read more …)

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Taser (TASR), which rallied 8.7 percent on earnings Friday, is up another 65 cents to $7.80 Monday after two firms (Merriman and Dougherty) raised earnings estimates following last week’s results. In the options market, sentiment seems somewhat bullish as well. (register to read more …)

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General Electric (GE) is up 12 cents to $16.29 and the Jan 15 - 20 risk reversal is bought at 90 cents, 7500X. It was tied to shares at $16.25 and therefore a “collar” on GE. That is, the investor (register to read more …)

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NY Expo Case Study. GE is down 2.2 percent to $15.43, as a broad sell-off sent GE and all 29 other Dow stocks lower at the opening bell Friday. Weak Euro-zone economic growth numbers, a tumbling euro, falling commodities prices, (register to read more …)

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Manitowac (MTW), the Manitowac MI farm and construction machinery company, is rallying to session highs, up 57 cents to $13.10. Share have rallied every day this week and up 31.9 percent since last Friday. Now options action is picking up (register to read more …)

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OSI Systems (OSIS), which has been rallying since Jan 24 as a play on increased airport security, is up another 27 cents to $28.72. The company makes body scanners and other products to inspect baggage, cargo, vehicles, etc. In the (register to read more …)

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