Volume Spike Investor

There has been continued betting today against the US AUTO Sector, in a move that is starting to become as normal as betting against airline stocks.  We have increased PUT OPTION buying today in Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM). Ford PUT/STRIKE      Volume    OpInt SEP08 $6.00 PUTS     8,421     [...]

Linear Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: LLTC) has just seen a rather large straddle position get taken.  It looks like an investor has made a bet that the stock is going to either rise sharply or fall sharply by Thanksgiving.  Here are the trades seen that signaled the alert, and we included the open interest before to [...]

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) rarely makes the list of unusual trading stocks, but today is even more notable as the stock is making the list of today’s most active stock options contracts traded. Option/Strike               Volume  OpInt AUG08 $20.00 CALLS    3,039    539 So the open interest will have just increased by a [...]

Myriad Genetics (NASDAQ: MYGN) is seeing strong selling pressure in the pre-market hours this Monday. The culprit is that plans to discontinue the development of Alzheimer treatment Flurizan after its late-stage trial failed to meet endpoints. The stock has recovered off of its lows as shares had briefly been down more than 10%.  Shares are [...]

Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) is likely to see some added selling pressure on Monday morning.  The culprit is a downgrade out of Citigroup, but the severity of the call may turn some heads.  Level 3 was already covered with a HOLD rating, but the new call is a SELL rating from the brokerage firm.  [...]