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Midday Unusual Options Activity Update - .VIX, DE, MCD, WHR, ACE, SEED, COST

Implied Volatility Movers

Implied volatility is easing as the equity market rebounds Tuesday. The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX), which tracks the expected volatility priced into S&P 500 Index options, is down 2.31 to 22.10.

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Unusual Volume   

Deere (DE) options volume is running 3X the usual. 73,000 contracts traded and put volume accounts for 89 percent of today's volume.

Options activity in McDonald's (MCD) rose to 2X the usual, with 62,000 traded and call volume representing about 65 percent of the activity.

Whirlpool (WHR) options activity is running 6X the usual. 42,000 contracts traded and put volume accounting for about 96 percent of the day's activity.

Increasing volume was also seen in ACE, Origin Agritech (SEED), and Costco (COST).

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