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PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) $22.50 +0.01%
PowerShares Dollar Fund (UUP) is flat at $22.50 and a 11,000-lot of May 23 calls is bought on the ETF for 6 cents per contract, to open. 12,425 now traded and, if combined with the 5,306 in open interest, will create the largest block of open interest in UUP. Bullish trading in the dollar ETF [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 02/01/2013
Stocks are rallying around economic news. The headline number showed the economy adding 157,000 jobs for January and 23,000 fewer than expected. The unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 percent from 7.7 percent and .2 percent more than expected. However, December numbers were revised sharply higher and other data (ISM, Construction Spending, and UofM Sentiment) [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/14/2013
Market action is mixed heading into the closing bell Wednesday. With no economic data scheduled until tomorrow’s Retail Sales, PPI, and NY Empire State Index, a lot of the focus is on the stock news du jour. In that respect, tech companies are dominating the headlines. Apple (AAPL) and some of its component suppliers (TQNT, [...]
PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) $21.87 +0.28%
PowerShares Bullish Dollar Fund (UUP) is up 8 cents to $21.89 as the euro slips against the dollar for the third consecutive day. While UUP tracks the dollar against a basket of other currencies, it is heavily weighted towards the EUR/USD pair and the euro is weakening again amid ongoing concerns about problems in the [...]
PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) $21.73 -0.02%
PowerShaes Bullish Dollar Fund (UUP) is off a penny to $21.73 and Oct 22 calls on the ETF are seeing interest again this morning. 8,738 traded in the first 20 minutes. Yesterday’s activity created 26,080 in new open interest and, at 378,642, is now the seventh largest OI in the market today. Open interest in [...]
PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) $21.71 +0.18%
Powershares Dollar Fund (UUP) adds a nickel to $21.72 and a 2000-lot of Oct 22 calls trades on the ETF for 13 cents. 2,839 traded, as the interest continues for a third day. Open interest in Oct 22 calls on UUP increased by another 46,796 contracts to 352,562 after yesterday’s active trading (see 9/17 color) [...]
PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) $21.68 +0.18%
October 22 calls on the PowerShares Bullish Dollar Fund (UUP) are seeing interest again today. More than 380,000 contracts traded Friday, creating 291,000 contracts of new open interest. At more than 305K, the Oct 22 call is by far the largest OI position in the exchange-traded fund. Another 52,665 contracts traded today and, while the [...]
WhatsTrading Options Recap — 09/17/2012
Stock market averages are lower with very little news flow to guide the action Monday. The only economic stat of the day showed the NY Empire State Index of manufacturing activity falling to -10.4 in September, from -5.9 and well below expectations of -3.0. LDK Solar (LDK) is the only earnings report out this morning. [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 09/14/2012
Stock market averages are holding gains with help from economic data, but are well off session highs heading into the final 90 minutes of trading Friday. Data released early showed Retail Sales up .9 percent in August and .2 percent more than expected. CPI was up .6 percent and in-line with expectations. Industrial Production unexpectedly [...]
PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) $21.60 -0.68%
PowerShares Bullish Dollar Fund (UUP) is off 14 cents to $21.61 and is down 2.9 percent in the past six days. UUP, which tracks the performance of the buck against a basket of currencies (but heavily weighted towards the euro/USD pair), is down 6.5 percent from the 52-week highs seen less than two months ago. [...]
