Implied Volatility Alerts: Week of January 25, 2009
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January 29, 2009
Implied Volatility Alert: APC
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) volatility flat into earnings as oil trades below $73.
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Implied Volatility Alert: XLF, FCX
Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) February volatility at 27, March at 29, June at 32. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) February volatility low on active volume. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: XOM, AVP
Exxon Mobil (XOM) volatility flat into earnings and outlook. Avon Products (AVP) February volatility elevated into earnings. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: AET, PALM
Aetna (AET) volatility low into earnings and outlook. Palm (PALM) February put volatility at 75, May puts at 85. Read more ...
January 28, 2009
Implied Volatility Alert: CSCO, HSY
Cisco Systems (CSCO) February put volatility at 35 into earnings and outlook. Hershey (HSY) volatility flat into earnings. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: TIVO, XNPT
TiVo (TIVO) February volatility of 121 at 13-month high. XenoPort (XNPT) February put volatility at 82 into FDA deadline. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: CME, SLV, RCL, C
CME Group (CME) volatility low into earnings and revenue outlook. Option families with active spread trading volume. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: F, MSFT
Ford (F) volatility flat; company said it expects to be profitable on pre-tax basis in 2010. Microsoft (MSFT) February volatility at 34, March at 30 into earnings. Read more ...
January 27, 2009
Implied Volatility Alert: CTXS, AMZN
Citrix Systems (CTXS) calls active into earnings and outlook. Amazon.com (AMZN) volatility increases on active volume into earnings. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: JTX, VIX
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service (JTX) calls active as shares near record low. CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) up on FOMC rate decision. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: AAPL, FII
Apple (AAPL) volatility flat at into Steve Jobs introducing iTablet. Federated Investors (FII) puts active into earnings and fund flow outlook. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: CAT
Caterpillar (CAT) volatility flat on revenues decline. Read more ...
January 26, 2009
Implied Volatility Alert: NOK, X
Nokia (NOK) February calls active on flat volatility into earnings. US Steel (X) options active on low volatility; shares sell off 8% on outlook. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: CTXS, DJX, NDX, QQQQ
Citrix Systems (CTXS) February put volatility increases into earnings. Implied Volatility Monitor.
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Implied Volatility Alert: AMZN, FXI
Amazon.com (AMZN) February volatility elevated into earnings and outlook. iShares Trust FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund (FXI) volatility low at 31. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: JNJ, VZ
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) volatility flat; Q4 sales up 9% to $16.6 billion. Verizon (VZ) volatility flat; Q4 total operating revenue up 9.9% to $27.1 billion. Read more ...
January 25, 2009
Implied Volatility Alert: AAPL, AMGN
Apple (AAPL) February volatility elevated at 45 on active volume of 261K contracts as shares rally into earnings. Amgen (AMGN) February put volatility at 27, July at 32 into earnings. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: CTXS, GS
Citrix Systems (CTXS) calls active into EPS and outlook. Goldman Sachs (GS) puts more active than calls on flat volatility Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: NOK, MNX
Nokia (NOK) is expected to report Q4 EPS before the open on January 28. CBOE Mini-NDX (MNX) overall option implied volatility of 24 is above a level of 18 from one week ago. Read more ...
Implied Volatility Alert: MSFT, EWZ
Microsoft (MSFT) volatility increases into EPS and revenue growth outlook. MSCI Brazil Index EWZvolatility at 36 as index trends lower. Read more ...
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