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Posted on January 28, 2008

Big week for options, let's see what Striking Price has to say.The options market's fear gauge, the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index, reached its highest level since 2002 when it hit 37.57 during the week; then it declined and hovered around the psychologically important level of 30. Institutional investors, who had been so confident earlier in the week about selling richly priced options contracts when the stock market plunged lower, were pensive by week's end.Yes, all one minute options were up at a 37.5 VIX. Let me add a further point to that early tick. The VIX is c...

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