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An options strategy ahead of JPMorgan's earning, with Brian Stutland, Stutland Volatility Group.
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The VIX dropped dramatically Wednesday morning, as fears over Cyprus's financial crisis dissipated. A lower VIX means that the cost of protection, or portfolio insurance, has gone down—and that spurred one option trader to buy some.
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For a long time, the trade has been to buy oil refiners and sell big oil. Now it looks like that trade could flip.
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The VIX surged about 20 percent Monday on the open of U.S. markets. Clearly, the news of Cyprus's proposed bank deposit tax is leading to expectations that volatility will return to the market.
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Gold rises on fresh concerns about Cyprus, with the FMHR team. Meanwhile the NYSE launches mini-options trading, with CNBC's Bob Pisani.
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Brian Stutland, Stutland Volatility Group, and Steve Cortes, Veracruz LLC, assess whether it's high time to hop aboard carnival shares.
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Shares in Bouygues surge 6.5 percent to a one-year high as the French construction-to-telecoms group wins permission to re-use mobile spectrum deployed for voice calls for new fourth-generation mobile data services, raising the pressure on its competitors. "This could give Bouygues the upper hand on 4 G, at least for a time," a Paris- based trader says.
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Sometimes, when a stock surges on an analyst upgrade, it's high time to make a bearish bet. That's exactly what one big options trader did on Walgreen.
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Rupert Murdoch is breaking up News Corp., and options traders seem to think that it could be very good news for the stock.
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Diamond Foods' poor performance after reporting earnings may be just one more reason why a takeout of the company could be around the corner.
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A currency play on the euro against the U.S. Dollar on the heels of a weak Italian bond auction, with Andrew Busch, AndrewBusch.com publisher
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One options trader placed a bullish bet that Zynga shares would increase 21 percent at April expiration.
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Last week, Navistar shares surged 46 percent, but while Wall Street has been bullish, options trading has been less optimistic.
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Scott Bauer, Trading Advantage, and Mark Vitner, Wells Fargo Securities, discuss how investors can protect themselves if there's a pullback in the markets.
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One options trader has made a bet that the S&P 500 will make all-time highs by April expiration.
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*A-shares tepid despite strong China February exports. *Two China coal stocks in Hong Kong up more than 4 pct. HONG KONG, March 8- Strong Friday gains helped nudge Hong Kong shares into positive territory for the week, with growth-sensitive counters buoyed by Wall Street gains and by hopes that coming Chinese data will further confirm the economy is picking up.
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*HSI +1.1 pct, H-shares +1.4 pct, CSI300 +0.1 pct* A-shares tepid despite strong China February exports* Two China coal stocks in Hong Kong up more than 4 pct* China auto sectors strong on Feb sales numbers By Clement Tan.
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One options trader made a short-term bet that Bank of America's stress test results will be better than expected.
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Tim Freeman, Elevation LLC principal, weighs in on how to navigate the volatile markets.
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One options trader has made a bet that Hess's rally would continue. Should you follow suit?
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Netflix shares are having their worst day since late January on virtually no news (unless you count speculation Carl Icahn is selling as news). And if the charts are any indication, the pain could be getting a lot worse.