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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) has garnered quite a bit of attention in the options pits lately, after search heavyweight Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced plans to enter the GPS arena. On Thursday, the navigation issue saw roughly 6,600 puts and almost 9,000 calls cross the tape, more than doubling its average daily volume of fewer than 3,100 puts and 3,600 calls....
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Option speculators swarmed Frontline Ltd. (NYSE: FRO) on Thursday, as the stock declined in sympathy with sector peer General Maritime's (NYSE: GMR) bleak earnings report. During the course of the session, the oil tanker titan saw about 4,800 puts change hands, more than quadrupling its average daily volume of fewer than 1,100 contracts. On the flip side, FRO saw...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) was the focus of some brisk call trading on Thursday, as more than 48,100 call contracts crossed the tape in the front three months of options. This volume is nearly four times the equity's average daily trading volume of 12,600 contracts. Drilling down on the action, we find that the November 5 call added nearly 4,000 new positions,...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Call trading was brisk on Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL) on Thursday, as more than 15,300 call contracts crossed the tape in the front three months of options. This volume was more than 15 times the equity's average daily call trading volume of 963 contracts. The most active contract was the November 35 call, which added more than 7,500 new positions to lift its open interest...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Thursday, Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) reported that its first-quarter earnings fell 1%, but earnings exceeded forecasts. Furthermore, the consumer products giant hiked projections for the year, in a sign that its efforts to boost sales may be starting to pay off. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, PG posted earnings of $3.31 billion, or $1.06 a share, compared with...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) attracted the attention of put players on Thursday, after the insurance holding company slashed its 2009 profit target. During the course of the session, the stock saw nearly 5,700 puts change hands – five times the number of TMK calls traded, and more than 12 times the security's average daily volume of fewer than 500 puts. Most...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) was the center of some heavy option yesterday, as more than 86,000 contracts crossed the tape, according to data from WhatsTrading.com. This volume was more than three times the equity's average daily trading volume of 24,845 contracts. Furthermore, we find that nearly 73% of the volume changed hands on the call side. In the front three months...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Options trading was brisk on Monsanto (NYSE: MON) on Monday. The security saw more than 71,900 contracts cross the tape yesterday, which is more than four times the equity's average daily trading volume, according to data from WhatsTrading.com. In addition, traders showed a preference for puts, as more than 62% of the volume changed hands on the put side. In the...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) was the center of some brisk options trading on Monday, as more than 41,300 contracts changed hands. This volume was 4.5 times the equity's average daily trading volume of 9,183 contracts, according to data from WhatsTrading.com. In addition, approximately 74% of the volume changed hands on the call side. Digging into the action on Monday,...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Call speculators singled out E TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) on Monday, as investors prepare for the firm's turn in the earnings spotlight after the closing bell today. During the course of the session, the security saw roughly 19,600 calls change hands – more than 2.5 times its average daily volume of fewer than 7,700 calls, and almost nine times the...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lorillard Inc. (NYSE: LO) was pummeled by put players on Monday, after the cigarette sultan reported an unexpected drop in third-quarter profit. During the course of the session, the equity saw about 3,900 puts cross the tape – almost doubling the number of LO calls traded, and more than five times the stock's average single-session volume of fewer than 800 puts....
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morgan Stanley (MS) was the home of some heavy options trading on Wednesday, as more than 136,900 contracts changed hands. This volume was roughly 2.5 times the equity's average daily trading volume of 54,500 contracts, according to data from WhatsTrading.com. In addition, 55% of the volume changed hands on the call side. Yesterday's preference for calls is similar...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Options trading was brisk on SLM Corporation (NYSE: SLM) on Wednesday, as more than 93,100 contracts crossed the tape. This surge in volume was nearly eight times the stock's average daily trading volume of 11,700 contracts, according to data from WhatsTrading.com. What's more, traders showed a preference for calls as 85% of the volume changed hands on the call side....
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Put players pounced on Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) on Monday, as the banking behemoth prepares to take the earnings reins. According to Thomson Reuters, Prudential is slated to report third-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The firm has exceeded analysts' expectations in two of the last four quarters, but last week's bevy of bank-related...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) was a popular target among put traders on Monday, as the virtualization vixen prepares for its date in the earnings confessional. According to Thomson Reuters, the firm is expected to report third-quarter earnings after the closing bell tomorrow. Ahead of the event, the security saw roughly 5,600 puts cross the tape – nearly tripling the number...
