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Investor Pecik snaps up 15 pct Telekom Austria stake - Reuters

Investor Pecik snaps up 15 pct Telekom Austria stake
Reuters
Pecik last month secured options to buy about 5.5 percent of the group. Telekom Austria said Pecik's RPR Foundation had exercised those options, and bought call options for 9.5 percent which were then immediately exercised. Austrian media had earlier

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Lineup calls - FOXSports.com

Lineup calls
FOXSports.com
Antonio Brown at KC: Brown returns from the Bye week as one of the most highly-targeted options in the NFL (tied for 18th with 80 targets). He's averaged 4.4 receptions and 62.6 receiving yards per game opposite Mike Wallace.

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Daily Call Sheet Focus: Corning Inc. - Seeking Alpha

Daily Call Sheet Focus: Corning Inc.
Seeking Alpha
I am trying to accomplish two objectives with this series: 1) Provide an easy-to-follow explanation of how to use call options to enhance returns on investments held for the long-term. I will use a specific analysis for a different company in each

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Option Bulls Shop for Weekly Calls on Amazon.com - Schaeffers Research

Option Bulls Shop for Weekly Calls on Amazon.com
Schaeffers Research
As alluded to earlier, by purchasing the weekly calls to open, the buyers are betting on AMZN to muscle atop the $190 level by the end of the day. From a wider sentiment standpoint, today's preference for calls is par for the course for AMZN's options

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Option players bet on rebound in shares of big banks - Reuters

Option players bet on rebound in shares of big banks
Reuters
Sizable activity in upside call options in the December contracts on JPMorgan & Chase Co , Citigroup Inc Barclays PLC , Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley suggest an imminent reversal in their battered shares. "Today's call buying in these stocks
Contrarian options strategies crop up in some financials ahead of holidayFXstreet.com

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Gold Call Options At $2K/Oz.: Goldman, Credit Suisse Bullish Due To U.S. … - Seeking Alpha

Gold Call Options At $2K/Oz.: Goldman, Credit Suisse Bullish Due To U.S.
Seeking Alpha
Options traders remain bullish with most open interest for November centering on $2000 calls, $3000 calls. In options today, the largest change in open interest was seen in $1920 calls for the Nov 22 expiry, where OI rose 643 lots to 1389 lots.

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Goldman: Sell Options in Retail Stocks - Wall Street Journal

Goldman: Sell Options in Retail Stocks
Wall Street Journal
As a stock's actual and implied volatilities decline, so do options prices. Therefore, Goldman Sachs's derivatives team wrote, investors can capitalize on elevated options prices by selling call options in select retail stocks.

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  • Option players bet on rebound in shares of big banks - Financial Post (blog)

    Option players bet on rebound in shares of big banks
    Financial Post (blog)
    Option traders appear to be betting on a rebound in the shares of big banks whose fortunes have been driven down by growing pessimism over the Euro zone's ability to resolve its debt problems. Sizable activity in upside call options in the December

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    Call for director to look at all care home options - Fife Today


    Fife Today
    Call for director to look at all care home options
    Fife Today
    A GROUP of Fife councillors has called on the authority's director of social work to re-examine what options are available for the future provision of the care home service. Members of the social work and health committee want “all options” for the

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  • Option players bet on rebound in shares of big banks
    Option traders appear to be betting on a rebound in the shares of big banks whose fortunes have been driven down by growing pessimism over the Euro zone’s ability to resolve its debt problems. Sizable activity in upside call options in the
    Source: business.financialpost.com

    Call Volume Rises on Walgreen, Despite Its Technical Struggles
    Walgreen Co. (WAG - 32.54) is experiencing some options-related optimism in today’s session, nearly meeting its average intraday call volume, despite the early bell. Specifically, roughly 6,000 call contracts have crossed the tape, compared to the fewer
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    OPTIONS REPORT: Sell Options In Retail Stocks, Says Goldman Sachs
    Therefore, Goldman Sachs’s derivatives team wrote that investors can capitalize on presently elevated options prices by selling call options in select retail stocks. To garner yield, they recommended selling options in retail stocks least likely to be
    Source: www.nasdaq.com

    Matrix Funds Management Announces Another Investment First in Canada
    “The conservative options strategy of covered calls has been around a long time and is popular in exchange-traded products through closed-end funds and ETFs. We see a great opportunity to introduce this covered call option strategy to a broader audience in
    Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

    Daily Call Sheet Focus: Corning Inc.
    I am trying to accomplish two objectives with this series: 1) Provide an easy-to-follow explanation of how to use call options to enhance returns on investments held for the long-term. I will use a specific analysis for a different company in
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    Bulls Guzzle Down Pepsi Call Options, Bears Feast On Marathon’s Tumble
    PEP – PepsiCo, Inc. – The global food and beverage company saw heavy call action on Wednesday after the New York Post reported that the company’s board is divided on the subject of possibly splitting up the company, and that PepsiCo CEO
    Source: www.forbes.com

    JPMorgan (JPM) Sees Unusual OTM Call Option Volume; Investors Getting Bullish?
    Investors might be loving J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and its prospects and betting on a big comeback. According to data Wednesday, a massive 77,900 or so buy on the December 34 Calls went through earlier. This is an extremely large transaction, amounting to
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  • Covered Call Options: Generating Income From Owning Gold - Seeking Alpha

    Covered Call Options: Generating Income From Owning Gold
    Seeking Alpha
    The answer is a proven, conservative strategy of buying the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) and selling covered call options – called this because you're 'covered' because you own the underlying security, and 'call' because it gives someone the right to

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    Eden Rahim - Toronto Star

    Eden Rahim
    Toronto Star
    "Investors will get the net asset value, and also collect the option premiums." Rahim strives for nirvana as a money manager by writing out-of-the-money one-month call options on the 30 largest Canadian stocks by market capitalization.

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    The Best Defensive Dow Dividend Stocks - Seeking Alpha

    The Best Defensive Dow Dividend Stocks
    Seeking Alpha
    Covered Calls: If you want to buy these defensive dividend stocks, but gain some downside protection, in the form of a quick "rebate", selling covered call options is one way to go. In the 2 trades below, you'd get paid over 6 times the dividend amount

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    Option players bet on rebound in shares of big banks - Reuters

    Option players bet on rebound in shares of big banks
    Reuters
    Sizable activity in upside call options in the December contracts on JPMorgan & Chase Co , Citigroup Inc Barclays PLC , Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley suggest an imminent reversal in their battered shares. "Today's call buying in these stocks
    Contrarian options strategies crop up in some financials ahead of holidayFXstreet.com

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  • Daily Call Sheet Focus: Hewlett Packard
    I am trying to accomplish two objectives with this series: 1) Provide an easy-to-follow explanation of how to use call options to enhance returns on investments held for the long-term. I will use a specific analysis for a different company in
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    Call Center CRM Firm to Sponsor NASCAR Sprint Cup Car in Championship
    TMone, a leading call center sales and customer service firm announced an associate NASCAR sponsorship of FAS Lane Racing’s No. 32 for the 2011 Ford 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. TJ Bell will make his first start in the
    Source: pr-usa.net

    Auto SMS (Autoresponder) for Android
    2) Option to prompt you to select Reply message from recently used message.3) Able to set different message for SMS and incoming missed call.4) Able to set Reply Once option for each scheduled session.* More features coming soon.Keywords: autosms
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    Call Announcer for Android
    Call Announcer provides an audible caller id for your Android 1.11 Added @OrgName@ and @OrgTitle@ to the list of contact items that can be announced.o Added a configuration option that allows the user to select to announce for Known or Known Starred
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    Largest option buying in equities so far
    Nearing the halfway mark in today’s session, here are the individual equity names with the most call and put buying on optionMONSTER’s ActionTracker data system. Citigroup (NYSE:C): Investors bought more than 60,000 December 29 calls for $0.233
    Source: finance.yahoo.com

    Bearish Options Trader Take A Shot Of Beam, Bulls Go For Forest Labs
    Call options accumulation spread to the Dec. $31 and $32 strikes, where another 230 and 200 contracts were snapped up at premiums of $0.31 and $0.15 each, respectively. Bullish sentiment on the pharmaceuticals firm spread to the Jan. 2012 $31
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  • Notable Call Options Activity in Cadence Pharmaceuticals - Benzinga

    Notable Call Options Activity in Cadence Pharmaceuticals
    Benzinga
    Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the February 2012 $5.00 call traded 2000 times on open interest of 2123 contracts. The May2012 $5.00 call also traded 1600 times on 7138 contracts. Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a

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    Pharmasset buyout bid may be options bonanza for some - Reuters


    Globe and Mail
    Pharmasset buyout bid may be options bonanza for some
    Reuters
    The surge in Pharmasset shares of nearly 85 percent to $134.17 in afternoon trade, created an opportunity for some options traders to reap a tidy windfall by taking profits off the table on call positions initiated this month.
    Highlights on Options Trading for Gilead Sciences (GILD)AVAFIN

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    Hot Option Plays: The European Triangle - Daily Markets (press release)

    Hot Option Plays: The European Triangle
    Daily Markets (press release)
    November 9 calls, which are still 10.7 percent OTM, have traded 3560 contracts. Some speculators might be taking positions in these short-term call options on the view yesterday's massive sell-off in RMBS was an overreaction – ie the stock will bounce

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    Options Players Rush After Alpha Natural Resources Calls - Schaeffers Research

    Options Players Rush After Alpha Natural Resources Calls
    Schaeffers Research
    Alpha Natural Resources (ANR - 20.86) has seen a flood of bullish option activity today, as roughly 24000 calls have changed hands so far, which is double the equity's expected intraday call volume. Nearly 11200 of these calls were traded at the
    Put Players Pounce on RaytheonNASDAQ

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    Gold up over 1 percent on option bids, technicals weak - Reuters

    Gold up over 1 percent on option bids, technicals weak
    Reuters
    "We have so much more open interest in calls than we had in puts, which is a bullish indicator for the underlying futures," said George Gero, vice president of RBC Capital Markets. The open interest of all COMEX call options were around 15 percent

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  • Notable Call Options Activity in Red Robin Gourmet Burgers - Benzinga

    Notable Call Options Activity in Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
    Benzinga
    Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the December 2011 $30.00 call traded 1400 times on open interest of 1236 contracts. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is a casual dining restaurant chain

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    Notable Call Options Activity in Constant Contact - Benzinga

    Notable Call Options Activity in Constant Contact
    Benzinga
    Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the March 2012 $20.00 call traded 600 times on open interest of 1192 contracts. Small lots are active in Jan2012 and Mar2012. Constant Contact, Inc. is a provider of on-demand e-mail

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    Gold Call Options at $2000/oz – Goldman and Credit Suisse Bullish Due to US … - FXstreet.com


    Business Standard
    Gold Call Options at $2000/oz – Goldman and Credit Suisse Bullish Due to US
    FXstreet.com
    Options traders remain bullish with most open interest for November centering on $2000 calls, $3000 calls. In options today, the largest change in open interest was seen in $1920 calls for the Nov 22 expiry, where OI rose 643 lots to 1389 lots.
    High Risk of Further Gold and Silver Price Suppression by Early Next WeekCoin Update News
    Silver, Gold Gain as Traders Eye EUWall Street Journal

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    Option Activity Alert: PWRD, NIHD, COCO - Wall Street Pit

    Option Activity Alert: PWRD, NIHD, COCO
    Wall Street Pit
    COCO – Corinthian Colleges, Inc. – Shares in the for-profit provider of post-secondary education services dropped 4.1% to $2.56 today, but activity in February contract call options suggests one investor is positioning for a rebound.
    IB Options Brief: NII Holdings, Inc. (NIHD) & Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (COCO)The Options Insider
    Monday Options Brief: PWRD, NIHD & COCOSeeking Alpha
    Notable Put Options Activity in NII HoldingsBenzinga

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    Are High Beta Stocks Like Call Options? - Seeking Alpha

    Are High Beta Stocks Like Call Options?
    Seeking Alpha
    Their idea is that high beta stocks actually are leveraged with a put option, because unlike a levered fund where you can lose 2 times your investment (200%), a beta=2 portfolio can only lose 100%. In their words: The point here is that the form of

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    Notable Call Options Activity in CareFusion - Benzinga

    Notable Call Options Activity in CareFusion
    Benzinga
    Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the December 2011 $23.00 call traded 1200 times on open interest of 51 contracts. CareFusion Corporation is a global medical technology company. The company offers product lines in the

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    Pharmasset buyout bid may be options bonanza for some - Reuters


    Globe and Mail
    Pharmasset buyout bid may be options bonanza for some
    Reuters
    The surge in Pharmasset shares of nearly 85 percent to $134.17 in afternoon trade, created an opportunity for some options traders to reap a tidy windfall by taking profits off the table on call positions initiated this month.
    Debt Fears Send Market Tumbling With CSX (CSX) and Wynn Resorts (WYNN) on the MoveMarket Intelligence Center

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    Notable Call Options Activity in Corinthian Colleges - Benzinga

    Notable Call Options Activity in Corinthian Colleges
    Benzinga
    Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the February 2012 $2.00 call traded 3000 times on open interest of 218 contracts. The Feb2012 $2.50 call also traded 2600 times on 1355 contracts. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. is a

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    Option Trader Bets Big on Sirius XM - Moneyshow.com

    Option Trader Bets Big on Sirius XM
    Moneyshow.com
    Two massive call option blocks were purchased last week on Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) as one trader aims to capitalize on a potential move above stubborn resistance in the months ahead. Call volume skyrocketed last week on Sirius XM Radio Inc. (SIRI),
    Sirius XM: Buy The Stock, Increase Your Income With OptionsSeeking Alpha

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  • Daily Call Sheet Focus: Apple - Seeking Alpha

    Daily Call Sheet Focus: Apple
    Seeking Alpha
    I am trying to accomplish two objectives with this series: 1) Provide an easy-to-follow explanation of how to use call options to enhance returns on investments held for the long-term. I will use a specific analysis for a different company in each

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    Pharmasset buyout bid may be options bonanza for some - Reuters


    Globe and Mail
    Pharmasset buyout bid may be options bonanza for some
    Reuters
    The surge in Pharmasset shares of nearly 85 percent to $134.17 in afternoon trade, created an opportunity for some options traders to reap a tidy windfall by taking profits off the table on call positions initiated this month.
    Opening View: U.S. Stocks Pointed Lower Amid Domestic, Overseas Debt ConcernsSchaeffers Research (press release)
    Debt Fears Send Market Tumbling With CSX (CSX) and Wynn Resorts (WYNN) on the MoveMarket Intelligence Center

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    Notable Call Options Activity in Red Robin Gourmet Burgers - Benzinga

    Notable Call Options Activity in Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
    Benzinga
    Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the December 2011 $30.00 call traded 1400 times on open interest of 1236 contracts. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is a casual dining restaurant chain

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    Notable Call Options Activity in Southern Union - Benzinga

    Notable Call Options Activity in Southern Union
    Benzinga
    Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the December 2011 $40.00 call traded 3000 times on open interest of 11104 contracts. Southern Union Company is engaged in the gathering, processing, transportation, storage and distribution

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    Notable Call Options Activity in CareFusion - Benzinga

    Notable Call Options Activity in CareFusion
    Benzinga
    Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the December 2011 $23.00 call traded 1200 times on open interest of 51 contracts. CareFusion Corporation is a global medical technology company. The company offers product lines in the

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  • OPTIONS REPORT: Call Spreads Would Profit From Higher VIX, Gold - Wall Street Journal (India)

    OPTIONS REPORT: Call Spreads Would Profit From Higher VIX, Gold
    Wall Street Journal (India)
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Traders in the options market Friday extended positions that would profit from a jump in the VIX by February, driving call-options volume in the volatility benchmark to the highest level
    Letter from Bernie: New Rules for Playing High VolatilitySchaeffers Research
    Volatile Stock Markets Boost CBOE's Trading BusinessesInvestor’s Business Daily

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    Rolling A Protected Investment In Shutterfly - Seeking Alpha

    Rolling A Protected Investment In Shutterfly
    Seeking Alpha
    A collar is entered by selling a call option against a stock and using some of the proceeds from selling the call option to purchase a put option for protection. A nice attribute of the collar is that it typically doesn't require additional capital for

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  • Options Market Picks: 10 Tech Stocks with Bullish Put/Call Trends - NASDAQ

    Options Market Picks: 10 Tech Stocks with Bullish Put/Call Trends
    NASDAQ
    For a look into the tech sector, one telling indicator is a stock's ratio of open interest put options to call options (the “put/call”). This ratio gauges how many option positions are bearish on the stock relative to how many are bullish.
    4 Dividend Stocks Seeing Bullish Sentiment From Options TradersSeeking Alpha

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    OPTIONS REPORT: Call Spreads Would Profit From Higher VIX, Gold - Wall Street Journal (India)

    OPTIONS REPORT: Call Spreads Would Profit From Higher VIX, Gold
    Wall Street Journal (India)
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Traders in the options market Friday extended positions that would profit from a jump in the VIX by February, driving call-options volume in the volatility benchmark to the highest level
    Letter from Bernie: New Rules for Playing High VolatilitySchaeffers Research
    Volatile Stock Markets Boost CBOE's Trading BusinessesInvestor’s Business Daily

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