Option Skews - Relatively Heavy Call Activity on General Electric Co, eBay Inc, Amgen Inc, Advanced Micro Devices Inc

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25 Nov 10:19pm
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Here are the stocks that saw a bias toward call activity in the previous session. This filtered scan is based on the International Securities Exchange (ISE) buy-to-open data. It looks for stocks where the previous day's call volume on the ISE is at least twice as great as the put volume. It then sorts the stocks based on the call volume. Since this is buy-to-open data, this can be a good source for finding stocks where optimism is emerging. Of particular interest to me would be situations w...
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Option Skews - Relatively Heavy Put Activity on Boston Scientific Corp, SunTrust Banks Inc, AK Steel Holding Corp, The Blackstone Group L.P.

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25 Nov 9:23pm
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Here are the stocks that saw a bias toward put activity in the previous session. This filtered scan is based on the International Securities Exchange (ISE) buy-to-open data. It looks for stocks where the previous day's put volume on the ISE is at least twice as great as the call volume. It then sorts the stocks based on the put volume. Since this is buy-to-open data, this can be a good source for finding stocks where skepticism is emerging. Of particular interest to me would be situations w...
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Stocks Advancing Amid Heavy Short Interest - DSW Inc, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, National Semiconductor Corp, CIENA Corp

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25 Nov 9:07pm
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As explained in our education section, short interest is a useful sentiment indicator that measures the level of investor pessimism toward a stock. While it isn't always a simple "long only" indicator, it can give you insight into situations where you might see concentrated buying demand. The purpose of this post is to highlight heavily-shorted stocks that could be in the midst of a potential short covering rally. More details about the methodology are listed below. Companies included in...
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Stocks Showing Unusually Heavy Volume - Cardiome Pharma Corp, Medtronic Inc, Analog Devices Inc, TASER International Inc

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25 Nov 8:50pm
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Here are the results for today's unusual stock volume scan. The scan looks at the previous day's volume and compares it to the recent average volume. It then sorts the stocks based on those that showed the biggest increase (the "unusual" part) in volume. Companies included in today's scan are: Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG), Smith & Nephew SNATS (SNN), DSW Inc. (DSW), Cardiome Pharma Corp (CRME), Brocade Communications Systems Inc (BRCD), Empire Resorts (NYNY), Cracker Barrel Old Country ...
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Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average Suggest a Slightly Higher Open

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25 Nov 8:38pm
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Good morning everyone - welcome to Wednesday. We start the day with stock futures showing a mild upside bias. The S&Ps are 4 points above fair value. As they stand now, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) are suggesting an opening gain of roughly 30 points. Copyright Schaeffer's Investment Research http://www.schaeffersresearch.com
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