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SPX Straddle Case Study Update vixandmore.blogspot.com - Dec 17, 2008   about  SPY I mention very few possible trades on the blog and when I do so it is always for illustrative purposes only. As a consequence, I rarely feel an obligation to follow up on a previous post that identified a possible trade. Today, however, seems like an opportunity that is too good to overlook because... add a comment   |

McDonald's (MCD) held down by currency concerns bloggingstocks.com - Dec 08, 2008   about  MCD Filed under: Industry, McDonald's (MCD), Options, Technical AnalysisMcDonald's (NYSE: MCD - option chain) shares opened higher today, but have dropped into the red after the company announced November same-store sales growth of 7.7%, with US sales growing 4.5%. However, total sales only grew 1.9% wh... add a comment   |

Options Update: Steel producers volatility stays elevated; NUE, AKS, MTL bloggingstocks.com - Nov 26, 2008   about  NUE, AKS, MTL Filed under: Nucor Corp (NUE), OptionsNucor (NYSE: NUE), an operator steel mills and marketer of steel products, closed at $32.27 Tuesday. NUE December option implied volatility of 91 is above its 26-week average of 73 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement. AK Steel (NYSE: AKS),... add a comment   |

One Day of the Condor adamsoptions.blogspot.com - Nov 26, 2008   Condor Options simultaneously tackles a pet peeve of mine, Bubblevision Induced Lazy Correlation, and a favorite topic, the possible outsize magnitude of an expiration day market move.On any given day, short-covering can magnify the effect of any unexpected reversal—but Friday wasn’t just an ordinar... add a comment   |

BEP Avenue Freezeout adamsoptions.blogspot.com - Nov 24, 2008   about  BEP Remember BEP? It's a closed end fund that replicates the Buy-Write Index in the S&P (BX). We discussed it several times in this space. And determined (unscientifically) that it did not have an awful lot of predictive power in terms of either volatility or market action.One of the big mysteries t... add a comment   |

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) cancer drug rejected bloggingstocks.com - Nov 21, 2008   about  BMY Filed under: Major movement, Bad news, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Options, Technical AnalysisBristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY - option chain) shares are falling today after the European Medicines Agency said it has rejected a request by BMY to market its breast cancer drug Ixempra. The agency said t... add a comment   |

Turning Plowshares Into Put Options forbes.com - Nov 21, 2008   about  TRA, CF, MOS The collapse of share prices in agribusiness rivals that of energy. You can still make money as a bear. add a comment   |

Options Update: Citi, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo volatility spikes; C, JPM, WFC bloggingstocks.com - Nov 21, 2008   about  C, JPM, WFC Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Wachovia Corp (WB), Options, Wells Fargo (WFC)Citigroup (NYSE: C) is recently trading at $5.59 in pre-open trading, above its close of $4.71 Thursday. C November 5 straddle is priced at $1.18, December is at $2.83. C March option implied volatil... add a comment   |

Buffett Put Watch? adamsoptions.blogspot.com - Nov 21, 2008   about  BRK.A, BRK.B So guess who beat the rush to do some naked put shorting?And I mean really beat the rush, like 2007 and mid teens VIX "beat".This, from Jon Markman.Shares of Warren Buffet's insurance holding company are on the ropes this month, plunging 30% in part because the fabled investor dabbled in an area of... add a comment   |

Northrop-Grumman (NOC) rises on defense spending speculation bloggingstocks.com - Nov 20, 2008   about  NOC Filed under: Good news, Technical Analysis, Politics, Northrop Grumman (NOC)Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC - option chain) shares have moved higher today after with other large defense contractors after President Bush and Defense Secretary Gates recommended that President-elect Obama increase overall d... add a comment   |

Options Update: UltraShort ETF's volatility elevated; SDS, QID, SKF bloggingstocks.com - Nov 20, 2008   about  SDS, QID, SKF Filed under: OptionsUltraShort S&P 500 (NYSE: SDS) is closed at $112.94 Wednesday. SDS seeks daily investment results that correspond to twice the inverse daily performance of the S&P 500. SDS December option implied volatility of 140 is above its 26-week average of 58 according to Track Dat... add a comment   |

Options In Focus: Bear Spreads investors.com - Nov 19, 2008   add a comment   |

VIX Tricks adamsoptions.blogspot.com - Nov 19, 2008   It's VIX options expiration on the open today. Still waiting for a settlement price, but it's not moving around all that much. So expect something in the high 60's.But looks like the VIX longs did not go out without a fight.Much like last month, some extraterrestrial volume printed on the open in th... add a comment   |

Options Update: ISCA volatility elevated; shares near ten-year low; FSLR, PETM bloggingstocks.com - Nov 19, 2008   about  ISCA, FSLR, PETM Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst reports, OptionsInternational Speedway (NASDAQ: ISCA), a promoter of motor sports entertainment, closed at $25.23 Tuesday. ISCA December option implied volatility of 58 is above its 26-week average of 34 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement... add a comment   |

Eaton (ETN) boosted by Berkshire Hathaway bloggingstocks.com - Nov 17, 2008   about  BRK.A, ETN, BRK.B Filed under: Major movement, Good news, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Options, Technical Analysis, Eaton Corp (ETN)Eaton (NYSE: ETN - option chain) shares have soared higher today after Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) disclosed in an SEC filing Friday afternoon that it has bought 2.91 million shares... add a comment   |

All the Small Things adamsoptions.blogspot.com - Nov 16, 2008   It's all banks and Inverses these days, so we haven't looked much at the Russell.But of course it's 2008, so it doesn't really matter what you look at, it acts just like everything else.And IWM here is really just the SPY's with a bunch of component stocks I've never heard of.I don't have all that m... add a comment   |

Put volume spikes as Cypress Semiconductor slashes fourth-quarter outlook bloggingstocks.com - Nov 14, 2008   about  CY Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Bad news, Intel (INTC), Cypress Semiconductor (CY)The shares of chipmaker Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: CY) are getting hammered today after the company warned that it will swing to a fourth-quarter loss. In a statement, Cypress cited "declining o... add a comment   |

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit buying C stock bloggingstocks.com - Nov 14, 2008   about  C Filed under: Good news, Insiders, Options, Technical AnalysisCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) shares are lower today, dragged down by the overall market. However, it has been reported that CEO Vikram Pandit and another big shot at C have recently purchased a combined one million shares of the bank's stock.... add a comment   |

Options Update: Medical solution providers volatility increases; MDT, COV, ABT, SYK bloggingstocks.com - Nov 14, 2008   about  ABT, MDT, COV and 1 moreSYK Filed under: Abbott Laboratories (ABT), OptionsMedtronic (NYSE: MDT) closed at $39.93. MDT is scheduled to report Q2 EPS on November 18. MDT November 40 straddle is priced at $3.50, December 40 is at $5.50. MDT December option implied volatility of 54 is above its 26-week average of 32 according to... add a comment   |

Wyeth's (WYE) PREMARIN gets FDA approval bloggingstocks.com - Nov 13, 2008   about  WYE Filed under: Major movement, Good news, Options, Technical AnalysisWyeth (NYSE: WYE - option chain) shares have moved higher today after the FDA approved the usage of the company's PREMARIN to treat moderate to severe postmenopausal dyspareunia, which is just a clinical way of saying painful sexual... add a comment   |

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