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Option Traders Shop Target (RealMoney.com $)
Traders are buying 'collars' in the retailer in order to get discount downside protection.
12:34PM 12/01/08
VIX Ends Low-Volume Week With a Whimper (Options Alerts $)
The market's primary gauge for the pricing of options contracts moved back into the mid-50s.
09:23AM 12/01/08
Options Traders Play for More Downside in Financials (RealMoney.com $)
Bearish spreads seem to be the favored trade.
01:08PM 11/26/08
A Defensive Options Trade in Regional Banks (RealMoney.com $)
A trader is betting on a 13% drop by March in an ETF of regional banks.
01:43PM 11/25/08
Ratio Call Spread Play in Zimmer (RealMoney.com $)
And traders go long calls in ITT Educational Services on this light-volume day.
11:29AM 11/25/08
Pragmatic Call Selling in Interdigital, Bally (RealMoney.com $)
Activity was high in these two names.
05:00PM 11/24/08
Citi Bailout Brings Some Optimism to Financials (RealMoney.com $)
Options in Goldman and JPMorgan lose some implied volatility.
02:30PM 11/24/08
Option Traders Playing a Merger of Brazil Banks (RealMoney.com $)
A straddle in Banco Itau, which plans to buy Unibanco, shows expectations of price swings.
11:23AM 11/24/08
VIX Still a Turkey in Shortened Week (Options Alerts $)
Speculative option volumes are expected to be low this week, owing in part to the Thanksgiving holiday.
08:58AM 11/24/08
Treasury Pick Soothes Volatility (RealMoney.com $)
However, option traders boost January calls.
04:37PM 11/21/08
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