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Weekly Wrap-up - The Dow Jones Industrial Average Gains 47 Points on the Week

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:37:00 GMT

The day ends with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) more or less flat as it rebounded from a morning selloff...(Read More)

Call Traders Flock to Downtrodden Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:00 GMT

Call volume popped yesterday on Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (ABK), representing a notable deviation from the recent trend toward puts...(Read More)

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Draws Single-Day Spike in Call Buying

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:00 GMT

Traders on Thursday opted for bullishly oriented bets on Las Vegas Sands Corp...(Read More)

Midday Market Check - The Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 45 Points

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:00 GMT

We head into the second half of the session with moderate losses on the board...(Read More)

Option Skews - Relatively Heavy Call Activity on Research in Motion Limited, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, King Pharmaceuticals Inc

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:00 GMT

Here are the stocks that saw a bias toward call activity in the previous session.This filtered scan is based on the International Securities Exchange (ISE) buy-to-open data...(Read More)

Option Skews - Relatively Heavy Put Activity on Amazon.com Inc and Johnson & Johnson

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:58:00 GMT

Here are the stocks that saw a bias toward put activity in the previous session.This filtered scan is based on the International Securities Exchange (ISE) buy-to-open data...(Read More)

Stocks Advancing Amid Heavy Short Interest - Williams-Sonoma Inc, Ameristar Casinos Inc, Cyberonics Inc, iRobot Corp, Gamestop Corp

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:05:00 GMT

As explained in our education section, short interest is a useful sentiment indicator that measures the level of investor pessimism toward a stock...(Read More)

Stocks Showing Unusually Heavy Volume - Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc, Hot Topic Inc, China Medical Technologies Inc, Trina Solar Limited

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:00 GMT

Here are the results for today's unusual stock volume scan. The scan looks at the previous day's volume and compares it to the recent average volume...(Read More)

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average Suggest a 60-Point Loss

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:44:00 GMT

Good morning everyone - welcome to Friday. We start the day with stock futures once again showing a downside bias...(Read More)

Daily Wrap-up - A 93-Point Loss for the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:46:00 GMT

The day ends with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) showing a loss of 93 points...(Read More)

Bears Favor At-the-Money Puts on Kraft Foods Inc.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:00 GMT

Put volume was unusually heavy yesterday on Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT), with activity surging to twice the usual level...(Read More)

Diagonal Spread Suggests Skepticism on SLM Corporation

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:38:00 GMT

SLM Corporation (SLM) attracted a diagonal spread today, with the trader focusing in on the equity's November 11 call and January 2010 15 call...(Read More)

Midday Market Check - The Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 135 Points

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:05:00 GMT

We head into the second half of the session with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) down 135 points...(Read More)

Option Skews - Relatively Heavy Call Activity on DryShips Inc, LDK Solar Co Ltd, Goldcorp Inc

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:55:00 GMT

Here are the stocks that saw a bias toward call activity in the previous session.This filtered scan is based on the International Securities Exchange (ISE) buy-to-open data...(Read More)

Option Skews - Relatively Heavy Put Activity on SanDisk Corp and Marvell Technology Group Ltd

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Here are the stocks that saw a bias toward put activity in the previous session.This filtered scan is based on the International Securities Exchange (ISE) buy-to-open data...(Read More)

Stocks Advancing Amid Heavy Short Interest - Ambac Financial Group Inc, Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Freddie Mac, Monster Worldwide Inc

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:11:00 GMT

As explained in our education section, short interest is a useful sentiment indicator that measures the level of investor pessimism toward a stock...(Read More)

Stocks Showing Unusually Heavy Volume - ArthroCare Corp, Techwell Inc, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:01:00 GMT

Here are the results for today's unusual stock volume scan. The scan looks at the previous day's volume and compares it to the recent average volume...(Read More)

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average Suggest a 75-Point Loss

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Good morning everyone - welcome to Thursday. We start the day with stock futures showing a downside bias...(Read More)

Daily Wrap-up - The Dow Jones Industrial Average Rallies Back to Flat

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:39:00 GMT

The day ends with a dash back to the breakeven line. At its lows of the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was down 77 points but it closed with a loss of only 11 points...(Read More)

Bearish Speculation Ramps Up on American International Group, Inc.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:43:00 GMT

Puts were the options of choice yesterday on American International Group, Inc...(Read More)

Bears Scramble to Cover Their Bets on RadioShack Corporation

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:33:00 GMT

It seems as though investors across Wall Street are growing steadily more upbeat toward RadioShack Corporation (RSH)...(Read More)

Midday Market Check - The Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 35 Points

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMT

We head into the second half of the session with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) down 35 points...(Read More)

Option Skews - Relatively Heavy Call Activity on EMC Corp and Chesapeake Energy Corp

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:52:00 GMT

Here are the stocks that saw a bias toward call activity in the previous session.This filtered scan is based on the International Securities Exchange (ISE) buy-to-open data...(Read More)

Option Skews - Relatively Heavy Put Activity on Fuqi International Inc and Cypress Semiconductor Corp

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:23:00 GMT

Here are the stocks that saw a bias toward put activity in the previous session.This filtered scan is based on the International Securities Exchange (ISE) buy-to-open data...(Read More)

Stocks Advancing Amid Heavy Short Interest - Amcore Financial Inc, Sina Corp, MBIA Inc, Cell Therapeutics Inc, Palm Inc

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:29:00 GMT

As explained in our education section, short interest is a useful sentiment indicator that measures the level of investor pessimism toward a stock...(Read More)