No major themes in a quiet session, with AAPL the most active name by far. AAPL – Relative underperformer for the umpteenth time. Call to put ratio around 1.5 not signaling excessive bearishness yet. Weekly 440 …
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The market opened higher on Italian election results until it turned out Berlusconi still had a chance. The S&P 500 hovered around 1500 until it broke it and broke hard. 1) SPY – taking up …
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Quiet stock volumes again, but financials calls were active on a strong day in the sector. BAC – over 150% average volume. The most active line was the Feb 12 calls with over 120K trading. …
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Disperson is a trading term used to describe the degree of variation in the movements of the index components. For example, yesterday was a high dispersion day, where the SPX index ended unchanged, but there …
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Some trades focused on protecting recent gains were seen today. VIX – iv30 up 10 points today, primarily on buyers of the Feb13 16 calls. There was one buyer of 36,438 for $.55 after 1pm, …
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