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Unusual Options Activity Update: BBY, XLF, XLB, XHB, WMT, NTAP, MBI
Implied Volatility Mover And Volume Signals For 5/17/2012
Unusual Options Activity Review: KBH, MS, ABX, WFR, CLnE, BBY, CHK, SVNT, .SPX, SPY, QQQ
Unusual Activity Review For Thursday, May 17, 2012
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Most Active Equity Options & Strikes - BAC, AAPL
Most Active Equity Options & Strikes - BAC, AAPL...More »
Unusual Options Activity Update: ZNGA, SLE, NTAP, XLU, RENN, AGO, USG
Implied Volatility Mover And Volume Signals For 5/18/2012...More »
IB Options Brief: Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI) & AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)
Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI) & AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) see unusual activity on Friday, May 18, 2012....More »
IB Options Brief: Yahoo!, Inc. (YHOO)
Calls Active On Reports Yahoo! May Be In Talks To Sell Stake In Alibaba - Today's Ticker: YHOO
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Option Block 152: Facebook: Buy, Sell, or Wait for Options?
Trading Block: Not a great day on the market, NASDAQ down significantly. The big grind toward summer begins, almost an exact replay on last year. OTM premium looks like a good buy. A rundown of commodities - gold is still getting whipped.
Odd Block: Interesting and unusual activity in American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Elan Pharmaceuticals, and Clean Energy (CLNE).
Strategy Block: Facebook’s official price is $38, buy or sell? How high could this stock possibly go?
Around the Block: Looking at Sears trading tomorrow after earnings today. The TLT may likely continue to go higher. More uneasiness in Greece. May we hit a temporary bottom tomorrow?...More »
Morning Futures Roundup
Coffee Bear Market Cools as Prices Consolidate...More »
Pre-Market 5/18/12
A pre-market snapshot for Friday, May 18...More »
Unusual Options Activity Review: KBH, MS, ABX, WFR, CLnE, BBY, CHK, SVNT, .SPX, SPY, QQQ
Unusual Activity Review For Thursday, May 17, 2012...More »
Morning Edition
Pre-market stories and a look at the day ahead...More »
Most Active Equity Options & Strikes - BAC, AAPL
Most Active Equity Options & Strikes - BAC, AAPL...More »
Unusual Options Activity Update: BBY, XLF, XLB, XHB, WMT, NTAP, MBI
Implied Volatility Mover And Volume Signals For 5/17/2012...More »
IB Options Brief: Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB) & Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (ROC)
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB) & Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (ROC) see unusual activity on Thursday, May 17, 2012....More »
IB Options Brief: Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT)
Bulls and Bears Take To CAT Options As Shares Extend Pullback - Today’s Ticker: CAT,...More »
Risk Transparency Sets Execution Firms Against FCMs and Exchange
Exchange and FCMs want better understanding of executing firms' strategies, but firms still play cards close to their vests....More »
Options Bootcamp 5: Spread Trading
Basic Training: Today we're going to dive into spreads. Spreads are really the defining characteristics of options. What is a spread? Why would you do a spread vs. trading an option outright? Max value of a spread is the differential between the two strike prices. Long call spread, aka vertical, examples with everyone's favorite stock XYZ. Spreads have components called legs - they are the individual parts of the spread
Roll Call: Mark and Dan sit down with Christopher Newman, the Zecco Trading Vice President of Customer Service, and run him through a few questions.
Mail Call: Answering listener questions....More »
Too Late to Change Swaps Clearing Say Experts
Although many industry members dream of rolling back Dodd-Frank, too little time remains to make substantive changes to the proposed regulations before the go into effect....More »
