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WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 12/18/2012
Stock market averages are solidly higher for a second day. After a triple-digit gain Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up another 99 points with help from a diverse set of companies. United Technologies (UTX), H-P (HPQ), and Disney (DIS) are among the best percentage gainers in the industrial average. The financial news seems [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 12/11/2012
Stock market averages rallied through midday and have traded in a narrow range in afternoon action Tuesday. A better-than-expected reading on German investor confidence helped lift the euro .5 percent to 1.30 against the dollar and European equity markets finished broadly higher as well. In the US, speculation that progress is being made in fiscal [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 11/26/2012
Stock market averages are under water in slow and uninspired market trading Monday. With no economic data on tap until Tuesday morning and no earnings of market significance to drive the action, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 100 points in early trading after the 172-point rally on Friday. Weakness in European markets [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 11/23/2012
Global equity markets moved higher and the underlying tone is positive, but trading is thin and volumes are light after the Thanksgiving holiday. Equity markets close early today and there have been no domestic economic releases to guide the action. The euro has moved higher against the dollar during the Thanksgiving break and through Friday [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 10/25/2012
Stock market averages have seesawed back and forth and are holding modest gains heading into the final hour. Economic news was mostly positive and included a surprise 9.9 percent jump in September Durable Goods. An 8 percent increase was expected. The Labor Department reported that Jobless Claims fell to 369K last week, from 392K and [...]
WhatsTrading Options Recap — 10/18/2012
Stock market averages have seesawed in and out of positive territory on the heels of mixed economic data Thursday. The Labor Department reported this morning that Jobless Claims increased to 388K last week, from 342K and above expectations of 360K. Yet, the Philli Fed Survey printed at +5.7 for October, compared to -.1 consensus, and [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 10/17/2012
Market action is mixed, as upbeat housing data helped offset poor earnings from the tech sector Wednesday. SPDR Homebuilder ETF (XHB) is up 61 cents to $26 and new five-year highs today after a report on New Home Sales showed an unexpected increase to an annual rate of 872K for September, from 768K and much [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 12:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C MRO Marathon Oil Corp 170,564 2,699 63.20 1.23 FMCN Focus Media Holding Ltd 24,654 1,037 23.77 1.59 DAN Dana Corporation 3,009 149 20.19 0.98 DTV DIRECTV 5,211 315 16.54 1.12 ORLY O Reilly Automotive Inc 3,387 244 13.88 2.88 SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc 4,876 422 11.55 0.63 [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 09/26/2012
Stock market averages are sporting modest losses and traders are waiting to see if, like yesterday, another sell-off materializes in the final hour. Overseas markets were mostly lower. Japan’s Nikkei lost 2 percent overnight and, in Europe, Spain’s IBEX paced the decline with a 3.9 percent loss. Concerns that Greece is running out of money [...]
