Options volume on Illumina is up sharply on the session, with some 14, 000 contracts in play on the stock as of midday in New York, versus average daily options volume of around 2, 200 lots.
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The average daily volume in options has increased at least slightly each year since 2002, according to the Options Clearing Corporation.
Thorp then investigated further and found that there was not the volume in options for IBM, Disney or Merck shares to handle the trades Madoff claimed he executed.
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However, there could be about 10% upside to our price estimate for Nasdaq if the daily volume of options contract traded in U.S. exchanges increased to 27 million by 2017 because of the proposed bill.
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Clorox has been the subject of takeover chatter on several occasions over the years, which in the past tended to drive up the price of the underlying as well as call volume and options implied volatility.
The daily volume of options contract traded across all exchanges in the U.S. has increased from 13 million in 2008 to nearly 15 million currently and we estimate that it will reach 18 million by 2017 largely because of the shift towards electronic trading.
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The explosion in options volume over the past few years has made buying put options the favored trading method for those who think a stock is going to move lower.
Options volume was brisk on Thursday, with more than 4 million contracts trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).
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Heading into the event, options volume was skewed toward the call side on Tuesday.
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Options volume followed in kind, with more than 75, 000 Baidu contracts moving in Tuesday's market.
In late trading Tuesday, we noted heavy volume trading in options on Hilton Hotels.
Options volume on Research In Motion is greater than 565, 000 contracts as of 1:05pm in New York.
The heaviest volume in GameStop options centers in out-of-the-money puts expiring on Friday.
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The surge in options volume interest has followed an interesting run of public exposure for the trendy leisure shoe.
Overall volume in PEP options was roughly three times the average daily level for the stock as of 11:00 a.m.
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Options volume shot through the roof, peaking at 52, 610 contracts midweek, the day the scandal broke, against 240, 506 total open interest.
Options volume on YHOO is greater than 350, 000 contracts in early-afternoon trade.
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Options volume on the stock is heaviest, however, in the December expiry.
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With implied volatility on this share through the roof at 147%, the massive options volume--55, 000 lots traded on Friday--is no big surprise.
Options volume in Research in Motion exploded after the BlackBerry producer reported a 73% gain in first-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday.
Energy futures and options volume averaged 257, 000 contracts on the Nymex in the second quarter, compared with 537, 000 in the same period last year.
Most of the volume in FedEx options was generated by one strategist, who initiated a three-legged bearish spread straight out of the gate this morning.
Options implied volatility on the Beijing-based company increased 11.2% to 47.03% as of 1:00pm in New York, with overall options volume on the stock exceeding 99, 930 contracts.
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.
Overall, traders are exchanging more than two call options on the drug maker for each single put option in action, out of total daily options volume in excess of 57, 000 contracts thus far today.
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Options volume has also been extremely brisk.
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The volume in weekly options has swelled.
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He writes market commentary for Options Week based on observed options trade volume and reports from floor brokers.
For example, the volume of trading in options on the shares of Nokia, Finland's telecoms giant, is greater in Frankfurt than it is in Helsinki.
The Futures Industry Association notes that trading volume in energy futures and options rose 13% last year.
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