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- Good news for cancer drug maker creates calendar play at OSI Pharma 0
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- Taxable options gains at H&R Block? 0
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- Casino investors breathe a sigh of relief as MGM Mirage shelves expansion plans 0
- Which Way Wednesday? Fed Edition! 0
- Ten Percent Tuesday Top Off 0
- Mixed bag of options trading at Fifth Third Bank 0
- Turnaround Tuesday Morning??? 0
- Mixed bag of options trading at Fifth Third Bank 0
- Monday Morning Melt-Down, Global Edition 0
- Weak Weekly Wrap-Up 1
- Hedgers close option positions Microsoft 0
- Limit Down Friday 0
- Investors turn sour on MGM Mirage with more put buying 0
- Thursday Thump - Is There A Bottom? 0
- Global headwinds depress equities 0
- Will We Hold It Wednesday? 0
- Shrewd trading in Exxon Mobil options 0
- Testy Tuesday Morning 1
- Options help Tempur-Pedic investor sleep through market volatility 0
- Just Another Manic Monday 0
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- Wild Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Options help Tempur-Pedic investor sleep through market volatility 0
- TGIF - Hedging For Disaster Part II 0
- Equity slump brings out position plays across the board 0
- Thursday Morning 0
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- What Happened to the Rally Wedesday? 0
- Tuesday Turn Down 0
- Implied volatility stays firm as market pendulum keeps on swinging 0
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- Implied volatility slips across financials in wake of coordinated efforts 0
- Another Trillion Dollar Manic Monday 0
- Swing trading portfolio - Optrader 0
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- What are the chances of lower volatility anytime soon? 0
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- Put options in five-year low Yahoo! faces prospect of further downside 0
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- Volatility remains omnipresent despite central bank action 0
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- Bank of America dividend cut and earnings news scuppers buoyant tone 0
- Swing trading portfolio - Optrader 0
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- No end in sight as declines at European bourses replicate 1987 crash 0
- Monday Market Meltdown - Global Edition! 0
- Rotten Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Credit-crunch causes Russian billionaire large automaker loss – or nyet? 0
- TGIF - We Hope! 0
- Option Plays That Are Better Than Cash 1
- Slide in price of gold hurts South African Gold Fields 0
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- Insurers options see rise in implied volatility 0
- Which Way Wednesday - Hedging for Disaster? 1
- How to lower your break-even point without increasing your risk 0
- Tuesday Top Off 0
- House Republicans help send fear soaring 0
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- Tempting Tuesday Morning 0
- Financial woes help send interwoven commodity manufacturers reeling 0
- Monday Mourning - Too Little Too Late? 0
- Wild Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Hedged optimism at Barrick Gold? 0
- Deal Or No Deal Friday 0
- Thursday Thump - After Hours! 0
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- Buffett stake fails to leave footprint on investor sentiment 0
- Wednesday Wrap-Up 0
- Which Way Wednesday? Buffett Edition! 0
- Tuesday - The Buffett Bottom? 0
- VIX pulls higher as shares reverse course 0
- Testy Tuesday Morning 0
- First triage, now quadruple bypass – invasive rescue measures for US financials eases volatility 0
- Monday - And Then There Were None 0
- Politcal Post of the Week - How Are We Going To Pay For It? 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up - Sector and ETF Overview 0
- Morgan Stanley sputters – and put-traders eye State Street, Legg Mason 0
- Friday Morning 0
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- Morgan Stanley sputters – and put-traders eye State Street, Legg Mason 0
- Federally Funded Thursday 1
- Wednesday Wipe Out 0
- A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Discount Window 0
- Swing trading portfolio - Optrader 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Tuesday Top Off 0
- For AIG, can a spider’s web stop a falling rock…? 0
- Tuesday Morning - The $70Bn Housing Solution 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- Monday Market Meltdown 0
- Political Post of the Week 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Malady of sentiment slams financials – as call-buying drives volatility higher in automakers 0
- Friday Morning 0
- Jupiter’s storm of volatility dominates financials… 0
- 9/11 Redux 0
- Wednesday Wrap-Up 0
- Lehman news relieves some volatility…but do traders smell trouble at Merrill? 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Swing trading portfolio - Optrader 0
- Tuesday Tear-Down, This Time It’s Lehman 0
- Telling Tuesday Morning 0
- Is Google too Cheap in Year 10? 0
- Monday Madness - You Call That A Rally? 0
- Bailout euphoria turns quickly to cynicism in financials…and coal players’ volatility rises 0
- Manic Monday - Federal Steriod Enhanced Version! 0
- Weekend Update 0
- Intriguing plays as Freeport McMoRan, RIM volatilities urge higher 0
- TGIF! - Why the Media is Wrong About the Recession 0
- Thursday Thump - Big Chart Review 0
- Chew on this – Options in Copenhagen tobacco maker move on deal-style rumors 0
- Thursday Morning - Retail Sales, Unemployment and Productivity 0
- Wednesday Wrap-Up 0
- Which Way Wednesday? S&P Is Better Than It Looks… 0
- Bounce in consumer discretionaries gives cover for defensive trades – while options market sees higher highs for J&J 0
- Terrible Tuesday Wrap-Up - Hedge Fund Follies? 0
- Swing trading portfolio - Optrader 0
- Stocks gain tailwinds as Gustav’s gust leaves levees intact – and spread’s the word in financials 0
- Terrific Tuesday Morning 0
- Citigroup rallies leaving cautious put plays in its wake 0
- Friday Already? 0
- Thrilling Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- Kill or cure for AIG? 0
- GDPhursday 0
- Wednesday Weather Report 0
- A new twist for options in Lehman 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Crisis - What Crisis? 0
- Rising VIX masks some improved market tone – for options at least 0
- Telling Tuesday Morning 0
- Monday Melt-Down 0
- With indexes higher, traders emboldened by large call positions in tech sector 0
- Monday Madness 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Traders take wary positions in Lehman October contract 0
- TGIF! 0
- Unusual trades in XLF, USO, OIH today as oil rebounds… 0
- Thursday Morning 0
- Wednesday Rebound 0
- Which Way Wednesday - For Oil! 0
- Lehman: Here we go again 0
- Tuesday Tear-Down 0
- Testy Tuesday Morning 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- Trivia Time! 0
- Just Another Manic Monday 0
- Oil pullback serves market a “breakfast of champions” as stocks finish mixed… 0
- Swing trading portfolio - Optrader 0
- Weekend Wrap-Up 0
- Traders use call spreads to bet on recovery in CIT Group, Masco, Commercial Metals 0
- Freaky Friday 0
- Thrilling Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- CPI Thursday 0
- Regional banks continue to suck air…and unusual call volume in Watson Pharmaceuticals 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Tuesday Turn Down 0
- For financials, class troubles spread to star pupils – and put action follows 0
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- Monday Dollar Movement 0
- Amazon move sends traders into scurry – and how much more upside value for McDonald’s 0
- Just Another Manic Monday 0
- Weekend Reading - Always in Progress! 0
- Weekend Wrap-Up 0
- Dollar verve sends gold prices down – but option traders turn bullion bulls on the pullback 0
- TGIF 0
- XLE put spreads attract attention…and deal scuttle moves options in Marvell, Hershey 0
- Thursday Morning 0
- Big spreads take shape in Chesapeake Energy, Merrill Lynch…and eerie post-earnings volatility in Rigel 0
- Which Way Wednesday - For Oil! 0
- Options in CTrip.com show Olympic-sized interest in puts 0
- Swing trading portfolio - August 5th 0
- Turnaround Tuesday??? Fed Edition 0
- Pullback for miners has option traders eyeing sector plays 0
- Monday Market Madness 0
- Weekend Reading 0
- Fuzzy Math! 0
- Weyerhaeuser calls trade at 52-week high ahead of earnings 0
- Elan flop surprises options market – and Oracle finds a mystery premium-seller 0
- Friday Already? 0
- Biotech options active on back of ImClone news 0
- GDPhursday 0
- Wild Wednesday Wrap-Up 0
- Will It Happen Wednesday? 0
- Is VIX lull long for this market? Plus, one trader looks for late-year comeback in Energen 0
- Terrific Tuesday Wrap-Up 0
- Merrill downside puts still active…and takeover chatter drives calls in CSC, Titanium Metal 0
- Testy Tuesday Morning 0
- Monday Market Meltdown - Beware the Covered Bonds! 0
- Merrill Lynch implied vol up sharply this week as put volume in financials continues to swell 0
- Monday Market Movement 0
- New swing trading portfolio 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Bank put-spreads gain adherents as market looks for housing’s bottom rung 0
- Friday Already? 0
- Vacation Proofing Your Portfolio 0
- Thursday Morning 0
- $10KXtream Review 0
- Butterfly Collection Review 0
- Optrader’s swing trading portfolio 0
- Citrix calls show unseemly pickup ahead of earnings 0
- The Trading Virus 0
- Which Way Wednesday - For Oil! 0
- Terrific Tuesday Wrap-Up 0
- Trader braces for big fall downside in Peabody Energy…while others get defensive on Qualcomm 0
- Swing trading portfolio - First 4 months’ analysis 0
- Terrible Tuesday Morning 0
- After Hours Monday Market Mahem! 0
- Drug and biotech options activity abounds in earnings-rich session 0
- For Microsoft traders, going against the grain (and long of volatility) paid off 0
- Monday Morning Markets 0
- Wild Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Swing trading portfolio - First 4 months’ analysis 0
- Friday Already? 0
- Thursday Wrap-Up - Great Googly Moogly! 0
- Options pickup in “Anything that’s been hurt by fuel…” 0
- Thursday Morning 0
- Wild Wednesday Wrap-Up 0
- XLE puts active as oil pullback tempers overweening bears… 0
- Which Way Wednesday? Fed Edition! 0
- Tuesday Tear Down 0
- Traders use put spreads to express longer-term bearish view on regional banks 0
- Terrible Tuesday Morning 0
- Monday Market Meltdown 0
- Traders use put spreads to express longer-term bearish view on regional banks 0
- Stocks pare losses after Bernanke rumor on discount window for Fannie, Freddie 0
- Just Another Manic Monday 0
- Vampiric! 0
- Weekly Train Wreck 0
- How to Save the Markets, the Banks and Housing - Tomorrow! 1
- Option traders see one-third of Lehman’s share price at stake over next week 0
- TGIF! 0
- Thrill a Minute Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- Freddie-Fannie woes have contagious effect on volatility in mortgage REIT’s 0
- Rambus shares rally as call-traders tussle at $20 line… 0
- Thrilling Thursday Morning 0
- Wednesday Wipe Out 0
- Jumbo-sized ratio call spread pares upside ambitions for Yahoo 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Tuesday Top Off 0
- Traders boost bets on oil pullback…and brace for downside in EMC Corp 0
- Tuesday Morning 0
- Grim stock reversal sparks new climb in VIX – “This time, with feeling…” 0
- Gifts In Disguise! 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- In thin-volume session, option traders see more peril ahead for regional banks 0
- Monday Morning Markets 0
- The After-Hours Oil Scam 0
- A Noisy World 0
- 50 Percent (of the Dow, of the Year) Report 0
- Optrader’s swing trading portfolio-Analysis-July 4th. 0
- Friday Morning 0
- Independence Day 0
- In thin-volume session, option traders see more peril ahead for regional banks 0
- Thursday Flip Flop! 0
- Wednesday Wipe Out 0
- PSW After Dark 0
- Chesapeake calls hit 52-week high on Haynesville Shale news… 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Tuesday Wrap-Up 0
- Shares etch higher, but puts still reign supreme in high-volatility financials 0
- Terrible Tuesday Morning 0
- Creative Risk Management 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- Monday Market Madness 0
- Are You 67% Better Off Than You Were? 0
- k1p - The k1 Portfolio 0
- Blame It On The Beatles! 0
- Rough Weekly Wrap-Up III 0
- Guru Score Board Tells Just How Tough It’s Been Lately. 0
- Blanket pessimism in financials spreads to JP Morgan Chase 0
- TGIF! 0
- Thursday Thump Wrap-Up 0
- Thursday Dollar Thump 0
- Wrong Way Wednesday Wrap-Up 0
- Which Way Wednesday? Fed Edition! 0
- Tuesday Wrap-Up 0
- Tesoro call volume, volatility suggest shrewd play on oil price pullback… 0
- Tempting Tuesday Morning 0
- (The Real) Super-Spike Theory! 0
- Partnership Annoucement with Options News Network 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- VIX comfortable in mid-20’s as Dow closes below 12,000 0
- Just Another Manic Monday 0
- The Backup Plan! 0
- Can You Be Satisfied Making 20% Returns Each Year? 0
- Rough Weekly Wrap-Up II 0
- TGIF! 0
- Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- Regional bank meltdown continues apace…but sky’s the limit for Chesapeake 0
- Thursday Morning 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Tuesday Tear-Down 0
- Tuesday Morning 0
- Tiger Times! 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- Friendly skies? American Airlines parent upswept in July call buying… 0
- Monday Market Madness 0
- Seven Steps To 40% 0
- What’s a Nice Joint Like You Doing in a Girl Like This? 0
- Rough Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- NASDAQ Bubble Vs Crude 0
- TGIF! 0
- Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- Lehman’s corporate vivisection keeps bloodletting, volatility at bay… 0
- Thrilling Thursday Morning 0
- Wednesday Wipe Out 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Tuesday Wrap-Up 0
- Traders extend bets on high-flying VIX as financials stay stuck in the mud 0
- Testy Tuesday Morning 0
- I-Day 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- Just Another Manic Monday 0
- Dare To Fail (Greatly)! 0
- Optrader’s swing trading portfolio - A recap. 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Lehman volatility shrinks back in some nod toward normalization 0
- Freaky Friday 0
- Thrilling Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- Can VIX sustain 20-plus into the fall…? Call spreaders make the case 0
- Thrilling Thursday Morning 0
- Wednesday Wrap-Up 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Tuesday Tear Down 0
- Call-buying in coal companies steals thunder from financials’ latest tempest 0
- Testy Tuesday Morning 0
- Bright Spots! 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- WaMu puts are active in ratio trading amid stubborn elevation in implied vol 0
- Monday Market Meltdown? 0
- Sneak A Peak! 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Friday Already? 0
- Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- GDPhursday 0
- Wednesday Wrap-Up 0
- Inaction at Anheuser Busch leaves traders weighing their options 0
- Wednesday Already!?! 0
- Swing trading portfolio - Optrader 0
- GE Whiz! 0
- Tuesday Top Off 0
- Are we there yet? – Oil and energy bears come out to play in DUG options 0
- Tuesday Already? 0
- Oil Manipulations Exposed 0
- When Sloth Is Good! 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Are we there yet? – Oil and energy bears come out to play in DUG options 0
- TGIF! 0
- Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- Leaden premiums draw traders as airlines’ implied vol soars 0
- Thrill a Minute Thursday 0
- Wednesday Wipe Out 0
- Defensive plays in ascendancy as Dow slumps… 0
- Which Way Wednesday? Fed Edition! 0
- Tuesday Tear-Down 0
- Time for a market rethink on ethanol makers? Volatility, volume say maybe… 0
- Testy Tuesday Morning 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- (Ka)Boom Times! 0
- With oil prices at obdurate highs, option traders hedge via XLE 0
- Monday Morning Markets 0
- Tuesday Tear-Down 1
- Murky World! 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Volatility in dry-bulk shippers in focus as Baltic Dry Index hits new high 0
- Friday Already? 0
- Thrill a Minute Thursday 0
- Volatility in dry-bulk shippers in focus as Baltic Dry Index hits new high 0
- Still basking in all things solar…and big moves expected from Teekay, Intersil 0
- Thursday Morning 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Time for rethink on discount retail…? Plus, market’s caught off guard by Western Resources 0
- SNDK 0
- Tuesday Morning 0
- Monday Market Madness 0
- Caveat Emptor! 0
- Just Another Manic Monday 0
- Swing trading portfolio - Optrader 0
- Swing trading portfolio - Optrader 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- (Lessons From) A Trader’s Diary! 0
- Weekend Reading - Always in Progress! 0
- Today’s tickers: NKE, BJ, FCX, IVN, CSCO, CROX, JAH, ENER, PSUN 0
- Friday Thump? 0
- WTF Headline 0
- Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- Fannie Mae 0
- Vallejo 0
- Thursday Morning 0
- Wednesday Wipe Out 0
- Traders cast appraising eye at Sotheby’s…and (finally) like what they see 0
- Which Way Wednesday? 0
- Tuesday Top Off 0
- Traders cast appraising eye at Sotheby’s…and (finally) like what they see 0
- Testy Tuesday Morning 0
- $7,000 Bonus 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- Option traders gobsmacked by Microsoft’s willingness to call it a day 0
- Just Another Manic Monday 0
- Earnings Dilemma (Solved!) 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Friday Already? 0
- Thrilling Thursday Wrap-Up 0
- Phil’s Favorites 0
- Thursday Thump - For Exxon! 0
- Wednesday - Signs of INTELigent Life in the Markets? 0
- Which Way Wednesday? Fed Edition! 0
- Tuesday Wrap-Up 0
- Trend following portfolio 0
- Tuesday Morning 0
- Fireworks and Fizzle! 0
- Monday Mop-Up 0
- Microsoft: Not-so-sweet numbers from Yahoo’s sugar daddy 0
- Just Another Manic Monday 0
- The Grand Oil Scam - Year 8! 0
- Money Madman 0
- How to Buy a Bank (and other beaten down stocks) 0
- Spotting A Breakout! 0
- Collection of Thoughts on Dollar 0
- Comments on Inflation; or is it Deflation? 0
- Positive E*Trade Commentary 0
- American Express Commentary 0
- Is Fed Causing a Global Food Crisis? 0
- Truck Nutz 0
- Cool to be Frugal 0
- Weekly Wrap-Up 0
- Trade Energy Now? 0
- Friday Morning 0
- Further Musing on Solar Stocks 0
- Five Things 0
- DeVry’s Long Term Prospects 0
- Thrilling Thursday Wrap-Up 0