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Options Update: Southwest Volatility Low into Inspection of Planes

Posted on April 04th, 2011 in boeing, India Shares, inthenews, KB Home, options, Southwest

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) canceled 300 flights on Sunday, to inspect 79 Boeing (BA) 737-300 planes to address possible “skin fatigue”. Overall option implied volatility of 29 is below its 26-week average of 32 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

KB Home (KBH) April put option implied volatility is at 52, May is at 45; compared to its 26-week average of 46 according to Track Data, suggesting larger near term price movement into its expected release of Q1 results on April 5.

Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Options Update: Southwest Volatility Low into Inspection of Planes originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Options Update: Target Volatility Flat; Shares Near 8-Month Low

Posted on March 30th, 2011 in Cephalon, India Shares, options, Target Corp., ValeantPharmaceuticals

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Target (TGT) overall option implied volatility of 24 is near its 26-week average, according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional term price movement.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) announced it made a proposal to the Board of Directors of Cephalon (CEPH), to acquire Cephalon for $73.00 per share in cash. Cephalon overall option implied volatility of 25 is below its 26-week average of 30, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Options Update: Target Volatility Flat; Shares Near 8-Month Low originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Options Update: iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund April Volatility Low, July Elevated

Posted on March 29th, 2011 in Apple, Citigroup, India Shares, Kraft Foods, Netflix, options, options trading

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iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund (EWY) April put option implied volatility is at 25, July is at 29; compared to its 26-week average of 27, according to Track Data, suggesting less near-term price movement compared to outer month risk.

CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) closed up 1.53 to 19.44.

Option volume leaders today: Apple (AAPL), Citigroup (C), Netflix (NFLX), Kraft (KFT), according to Track Data.

Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Options Update: iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund April Volatility Low, July Elevated originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Best Buy Singled Out for a Ratio Call Spread Ahead of Earnings

Posted on March 23rd, 2011 in BBY, Best Buy, calls, earnings, featured, fourth quarter, India Shares, inthenews, options, ratio call spread, spread, technical analysis

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Best Buy (BBY) logoBest Buy (BBY) is scheduled to unveil its fourth-quarter results Thursday morning, with analysts anticipating a profit of $1.85 per share — little changed from the big box retailer’s year-ago earnings of $1.82 per share. Best Buy has been hot-and-cold on the earnings front; during the past four quarters, the company has topped consensus bottom-line estimates twice, and fallen short on two other occasions.

Ahead of the quarterly report, one options player built a bullishly biased spread on BBY. Right after the opening bell Wednesday morning, the trader purchased 358 April 32 calls, and simultaneously sold 716 April 35 calls. In other words, two April 35 calls were sold for every one purchased April 32 call. This strategy is known as a ratio call spread, and it’s typically used by traders who are bullish on the underlying equity — but with a very specific upside target in mind.

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Best Buy Singled Out for a Ratio Call Spread Ahead of Earnings originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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