Implied Volatility Alert: C, GS
11/20/09
C volatility of 42 near 18-month lows
Citigroup (C) is recently down 5 cents to $4.21.
C call option volume of 144,558 contracts compares to put volume of 46,302 contracts.
C December option implied volatility is at 42, January is at 45, and March is at 46, versus its 26-week average of 64, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.
GS volatility stabilizes at 36
Goldman Sachs (GS) is recently down $2.16 to $170.67.
GS call option volume of 28,506 contracts compares to put volume of 26,302 contracts.
GS December option implied volatility is at 36, and January is at 37, below its 26-week average of 41, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.
Posted at 3:35 p.m.
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Researcher Paul Foster has 23 years of professional experience in the capital markets, investments, trading, corporate finance, arbitrage, options, and mergers and acquisitions.
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