Groupon (GRPN) adds 16 cents to $11.74 Monday and, despite an 11.3 percent slide Thursday and Friday, is up 22.5 percent from the all-time low of $9.63 set on May 11. One investor seems to be anticipating additional gains over (register to read more …) [...]

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Rackspace (RAX) loses $1.90 to $50.46 and options volume on the San Antonio, TX web-based IT systems service provider includes 6,670 puts and 765 calls. 5,000 Jun 50 puts traded on the stock for an average of $2.325 per contract (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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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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Zynga (ZNGA) shares caught a bid Tuesday morning, after setting a new 52-week low on the open, and option volume is well above normal. 14,000 puts and 6,000 calls trading in the opening 40 minutes. Weekly 8 strike puts that (register to read more …) [...]

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Trip Advisor (TRIP) is up $3.06 to $37.44 on heavy volume of 4.2 million shares after peer Expedia posted upbeat earnings and ahead of the online travel company’s May 1st earnings release. The stock is notching new 52-week highs and (register to read more …) [...]

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Zynga (ZNGA) ticks 30 cents higher to $9.41 on heavy volume of 19 million shares ahead of this afternoon’s earnings release. 61,000 calls and 26,000 puts traded on the San Francisco social media company, which is 4X the daily average. (register to read more …) [...]

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Shutterfly (SFLY) adds $1.20 to $30.26, but one strategist doesn’t expect the gains to hold, as a May 25 – 30 put spread is bought on the Redwood City, CA social networking company for $1.75, 2000X on ISE. Data from (register to read more …) [...]

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Microsoft (MSFT) adds 39 cents to $31.46 and is one of 28 Dow stocks moving higher Tuesday. Morning options trades on the software giant include a four-way spread after one player bought 21,000 Apr 27 – 32 put spreads on (register to read more …) [...]

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Tibco Software (TIBX) spikes higher on increasing volume of 2.4 million shares and was recently up $1 to $32.03. Trading in the options market is picking up as well. 19,000 calls and 3,300 puts so far. Looks like speculators are (register to read more …) [...]

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