The average daily volume of interest rate contracts increased by almost 25% in Q1 2011 compared to the same quarter of the prior year.
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We forecast the daily volume of interest rate contracts to reach nearly 11 million by 2017 from its current level of about 5 million.
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Outside of weekly call activity, the March 24 strike is the most popular, attracting volume of 535 contracts on open interest of 948 contracts.
If you create a huge volume of non-interest bearing money, somebody somewhere has to hold it.
This heavy flow of call volume has left a buildup of open interest in the October series.
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Outside of weekly activity, the July 10 put is the most popular, attracting volume of more than 530 contracts on open interest of 1, 067 contracts.
Following at a close second is the February 62.50 put, which sports volume of 1, 520 contracts on open interest of 2, 015 contracts.
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The surge in options volume interest has followed an interesting run of public exposure for the trendy leisure shoe.
On the put side, the December 16 strike has seen volume of 5, 633 contracts trade on open interest of 16, 719 contracts.
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The next most popular is the weekly September 30, 16 strike call, with volume totaling 1, 805 contracts on open interest of 1, 906.
On the put side, the weekly October 115 put has seen the most volume, with 1, 653 contracts trading on open interest of 3, 525 contracts.
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April contract calls were most active just before noon in New York, with overall options volume nearing 29, 000 contracts against total open interest on WYNN of 140, 493 contracts.
In summary, I would recommend building a healthy volume of sustainable assets that will decrease your costs in an inflationary period high interest period.
The thinking is that if interest rates are low enough and there is a sufficient volume of money available to be loaned, businesses can take out these loans, expand, and hire people.
Traders suggest that the Fed's indication that it may be nearing the end of its cycle of interest-rate increases will probably make the volatility and trading volume jump even more.
Put volume in excess of 18, 000 contracts sticks out like a sore thumb against open interest in the sparsely populated November contract.
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The steep pullback in the price of the underlying saw heavier-than-usual activity in WebMD calls and puts, with intraday volume rising to 14, 800 in early-afternoon trade against overall open interest of 29, 100 positions.
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"In practice, the federal funds rate has fallen somewhat below the interest rate on reserves in recent months, reflecting the very high volume of excess reserves, the inexperience of banks with the new regime and other factors, " he said.
Moroney is still buying Golden West Financial (nyse: GDW - news - people ) as well, because of the large volume of its adjustable-rate mortgage business, which partially insulates it from rising rates since interest on ARMs is by definition not fixed.
Greifeld aims to use that system to push the Philly operations, now the third-largest U.S. options exchange by volume (17% of all trades), into new markets, such as the one for interest rate swaps.
Debit cards have gained market share in aggregate transaction volume at the expense of credit cards since they offer similar payment convenience and rewards benefits without the interest due on outstanding balances that is typical of credit cards.
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Meanwhile, peak put volume totals 1, 576 contracts at the weekly September 30 370 strike, which sports open interest of 2, 715 contracts.
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Total call volume at that strike has topped 2, 100 contracts, which is substantial compared to previously existing open interest of 450 contracts.
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