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Trying to count options contracts in shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is nearly impossible, and this was copied from trade blotters with snapshots of 12:12 to 12:18 PM EST. The notion...
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Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) had a stellar trading day, with a gain of more than 10% which moved the shares above $20.00 for the first time since January 20. The reason for today’s run...
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An adage in options trading is that the closest and most active strike prices tend to act as magnets that draw share prices that direction as options expiration date gets closer and closer. So far...
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Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) was a huge mover yesterday on no news. The trading was actually muted, but it was the huge amount of options trading that came in the form of the FEB2010 $5.00...
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Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK) has been one of the greatest American brands and great American success stories…. of our parents’ lives. For the last decade this has been a perpetual turnaround...
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There are many companies that deserved to be on this weekend’s slate of unusual suspects that have key current developments to watch in this coming week. Some are unusual trading activity, some...
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The CBOE Volatility Index or “The VIX” has turned worthless as a market indicator. This happens from time to time, and it is often followed by rapid change. Today the VIX hit a 52-week low of...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) closed at another new all-time high today of $211.61 and $213.95 on an intra-day basis. What is actually far more important than reports of a note from Broadpoint...
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We have compiled several options chains we are watching today now that the DEC-2009 PUTS/CALLS have expired on Friday. Much of this likely options roll-outs continuing, but we are seeing some...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) has been a real pest in the world of analyzing options trading activity. There has been a perpetual open interest alert with a monster contract volume in the...
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The second half of December is supposed to be when trading volume starts slowing down. That does not look to be the case for this coming week, and this list of the unusual suspects is...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has come into some trouble as far as its stock charts are concerned, which is why it was one of the lead-in stories of ten stocks on this weekend’s unusual suspects we...
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This was a wild week, and perhaps a disappointment that the news did not propel stocks even higher. There were many key movers though, and we have a very active panel of very active and widely held...
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General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has seen at least some decent trading action today, despite the softness in the market. The stock was reaffirmed as “Overweight” at JPMorgan, but the research...
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We have seen some unusual options trading today. As you would expect, some is around today’s 4:00 PM close with today being options expiration date. But some bets are way out into 2011 and we...
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