Options Know-How: Industrial Stocks

10/03/08 - 04:06 PM EDT

TSC Staff

How much do you know about playing the stock market with options?

The following are highlighted options insights and ideas from TheStreet.com.

From Mad About Options: Steer Clear of Steel (Video, Oct. 3):

Jud Pyle and Matt Buckley review Jim Cramer's recent bearish comments about U.S. Steel (X Quote - Cramer on X - Stock Picks) and offer an appropriate options strategy. Pyle and Buckley also offer options ideas for Yamana Gold (AUY Quote - Cramer on AUY - Stock Picks) and Jefferies (JEF Quote - Cramer on JEF - Stock Picks).

To watch the video, click the player below:

For more information about Mad About Options, visit www.ONN.tv.

From Slump in Railroad Stocks Raises Implied Volatility:

Yesterday's [Oct. 1] move higher in volatility and put volumes in a bevy of diversified industrial stocks -- despite a relatively flat finish for stocks -- continued apace today, with traders seeking defensive positions in transportation names. Adding urgency to the options positioning today is the biggest intraday drop in the value of the S&P Railroad Index in two decades, sending implied volatility in the options of most railroad stocks hurtling toward 52-week highs.

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