Archive for July 17th, 2008

XM Satellite Options Show Speculation (XMSR, SIRI)

It has been a while since have seen XM Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: XMSR) as a leader in CBOE options trading volume.  But this morning we have seen an increased activity out to OCTOBER 2008.  In the OCT08 $9.00 CALLS we have seen 12,415 contracts trade hands as of 11:10 AM EST and the open [...]

TOP PRE-MARKET GAPPERS (YHOO, BRL, ETFC, HBAN, ARMH, EBAY, VCLK)

It is 9:25 AM and here are you most active gap-up and gap-down stocks this morning: YHOO up 4.5% at $23.50 on 1.12 million shares. Barr Pharma (BRL) up 17% at $54.80 on almost 400,000 shares. E*TRADE (ETFC) up 11% at $3.50 on 1 million shares. Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN) up almost 20% at $6.85 [...]