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The Unfreezing Process

Posted on September 23, 2008

So my fears of a frozen options mart in financial options appear unfounded so far.The chart above shows daily volume in GS options over the past month, thru Friday. And yes it fell significantly off the peaks. But keep in mind it's still very high. And this does not include yesterday, where many of the Octs traded half their open interest.And speaking of open interest, that keeps going up, as the lower chart demonstrates. Now it's possible this will turn down once expiration gets counted in (or out). But again, these are off big spike levels, so it's still high.My other fear of incredibly wide...

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expiration , markets , options , puts
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