Cisco (CSCO) is down $1.61 to $17.16 on disappointing guidance and one player seized the weakness to collect 23 cents on an Oct 16 – 19 bullish risk-reversal, 54500X. The big combo is possibly tied to 500K shares at $17.16 (register to read more …) [...]

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Bold Trade in Cisco (CSCO) at Noon ET today after an 8000-lot of Weekly 19 calls trades on the networking giant for 45 cents per contract when the market was 44 to 45 cents. 22,199 Weekly 19 calls now traded, (register to read more …) [...]

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Yahoo (YHOO) is off 7 cents to $15.29 and an impressive trade on the Internet giant today is a buyer of 57,000 Jan 20 calls for 36 cents per contract. Today’s volume, of 57,666, is a record volume day for (register to read more …) [...]

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Cisco (CSCO) adds 4 cents to $19.16 and a May 19 – 20 (1X2) call ratio spread trades on the stock for 24 cents, 6250X. The spread is being initiated two days before the networking giant reports earnings and offers (register to read more …) [...]

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Linked In (LNKD) is up 35 cents to $106.75 in relatively quiet trading of 2.9 million shares (2.3 million is the expected) ahead of this afternoon’s earnings release. Options volume is running 3.5X the daily average, with 36,000 calls and (register to read more …) [...]

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Call buyers are busy in Spectra Energy (SE) ahead of a May 4 earnings report. Shares are up 73 cents and midday trades include a multi-exchange sweep of 2,233 Jun 33 calls for 20 cents per contract (at 11:00). Ten (register to read more …) [...]

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Pfizer (PFE) loses 19 cents to $22.89 on relatively light volume of 23 million shares, even as the drugmaker’s quarterly earnings report looms. The company is due to report tomorrow morning. Options on the stock are busy ahead of the (register to read more …) [...]

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Monster Beverage (MNST) shares rallied to $83.96 this morning on a Wall Street Journal article suggesting that Coke might be interested in the company. MNST is now up $7.08 to $72.61 and off 13.5 percent from sessions highs on heavy (register to read more …) [...]

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Apple Computer (AAPL) is off $7 to $603 and giving back some of yesterday’s post-earnings surge. Weekly (4/27) options on the stock continue to see heavy trading. The 610s, which were precisely at-the-money at the close of trading yesterday, are (register to read more …) [...]

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Humana (HUM) loses 42 cents to $88.31 and a 5000-lot of May 90 calls (sweep of 5028) traded for $1.35 per contract. It’s an opening buyer, according to ISEE. Less than thirty minutes earlier, 579 traded for $1. The stock (register to read more …) [...]

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