http://www.inveslogic.com/latest Options Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cots-timer/1382252?rsstype=latest&cid=29 How overbought can a rally get? It turns out, very! As Stephen Vita has been pointing out, it feels a lot like Q4 1999. What do the new Commitments of Traders numbers out today tell us? I've put up the data and new signals on my latest signals table.... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cots-timer/1382252?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:56:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1382237?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Put traders took a rather keen interest in IMAX Corp. (IMAX) yesterday. So much so, in fact, that the activity has landed IMAX in today's Daily Schaeffer's Open Interest Ratio (SOIR) Changes filter...(Read More)... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1382237?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:46:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1382239?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Despite a lack of headline news, SandRidge Energy Inc. (SD) has attracted a wealth of options activity today...(Read More)... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1382239?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:02:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1382047?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Earnings season is over. Well, sort of. We have the delayed reports and the reports from companies which have off-regular quarterly or fiscal earnings. Next week we have AthenaHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), Sequenom Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), AMBAC Fin... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1382047?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:50:56 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1381703?rsstype=latest&cid=29 American Express (AXP) has informed a number of its card members that their account numbers, names, the date on which their cards became effective, and the expiration dates have been stolen. The firm also said that the employee who took the data has... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1381703?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:02 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1381707?rsstype=latest&cid=29 The video game industry had another rough outing in February as revenue fell 15% from last year. Total sales of games and consoles totaled $1.26 billion in the US.Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) at least gained ground from the first month of this yea... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1381707?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:53:28 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1381708?rsstype=latest&cid=29 These are this Friday s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street morning research calls:Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO) Raised to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.Biogen Idec (... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1381708?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:38:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1381511?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Toyota s US sales are recovering in March, as improbably as that may seem. Industry research group Edmunds said the Japanese company s zero percent incentive plan has brought Toyota s market share in the US back up to 16.8% from 12.8% in Marc... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1381511?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:56:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1380998?rsstype=latest&cid=29 A membership on the Chicago Board Options Exchange sold for $2.95 million Thursday.The sale, 10% higher than a swap on Tuesday, followed the lifting of a moratorium imposed on the sale of seats in conjunction with news that the CBOE is moving forward... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1380998?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1381020?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY) was smacked this morning with a downgrade from market perform to underperform by FBR Capital Markets' analyst Stephen Chick...(Read More)... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1381020?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:32:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1381000?rsstype=latest&cid=29 U.S. futures and securities regulators have still not come to terms yet on the best plan to allow brokerage customers to combine futures, options and cash equities positions into a single margin account, the top futures watchdog said Thursday.U.S.... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1381000?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:15:50 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1381022?rsstype=latest&cid=29 United Technologies Corp. (UTX) announced after the close on Wednesday that its board authorized buying back up to 60 million shares of the company's common stock...(Read More)... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1381022?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:13:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1380758?rsstype=latest&cid=29 These are this Thursday s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street morning research calls:Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.Annaly Mortgage (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Market Perform ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1380758?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:17:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1380374?rsstype=latest&cid=29 The unemployment rate is slightly below the 10% mark, which seems terribly important psychologically. It seems that the economy is fine if the jobless rate is 9.7% but is in horrible shape if the number is 10.1%. The Labor Department put the statisti... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1380374?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:02:25 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1380604?rsstype=latest&cid=29 UPDATED for items related to the 10b5-1 filings.Shares of biotech firm InterMune are up more than 60% for the second time in 4 trading days, bringing the March 2000-vintage IPO to levels not seen since early 2002.For more on why the shares are poppin... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1380604?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:50:21 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380620?rsstype=latest&cid=29 KB Home (KBH) has seen a surplus of option activity today, with put volume skyrocketing to five times the construction concern's norm...(Read More)... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380620?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:44:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380621?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) has drawn considerable options activity today, with volume soaring to more than 13 times the equity's daily average...(Read More)... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380621?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:27:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380186?rsstype=latest&cid=29 By the closing bell yesterday, MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (WFR) had seen roughly 3,100 puts change hands, more than doubling its average single-session volume of about 1,400 contracts...(Read More)... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380186?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:02:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380189?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Norfolk Southern (NSC) was the center of some brisk call options trading on Tuesday, as more than 7,700 call contracts changed hands...(Read More)... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380189?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:09:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380191?rsstype=latest&cid=29 American International Group (AIG) was the center of some brisk options trading on Tuesday, as more than 321,000 contracts changed hands...(Read More)... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/schaeffers-research/1380191?rsstype=latest&cid=29 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:49:00 -0500