Volume Spike Investor » HAS http://vsinvestor.com Investing in stocks based on short term spikes in volume Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:20:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Top Day Trader Alerts (AIB, AMAG, CIT, CVS, HAS, NBG) http://vsinvestor.com/2010/02/top-day-trader-alerts-aib-amag-cit-cvs-has-nbg.html http://vsinvestor.com/2010/02/top-day-trader-alerts-aib-amag-cit-cvs-has-nbg.html#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:49:04 +0000 247admin http://vsinvestor.com/?p=3715 These are this Monday morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen with price or volume moves.

Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) is seeing its ADRs trade lower yet again on concern of sovereign debt exposure in the PIIGS.  Shares are down 7.5% at $3.06 in early pre-market trading.

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG) is up on thin volume after the company issued a statement defending its recent troubles as the same percentages as had been indicated in testing.  The stock closed at $37.77 Friday and is up 5.9% at $40.00 on thin volume so far this morning.

CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is up 4% at $32.00 this morning after naming John Thain as CEO and Chairman of the company.

CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) is up 2.7% at $31.91 on over 50,000 shares after beating earnings expectations.

Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) is up after $1.09 EPS vs. $0.81 Thomson Reuters estimates.  Revenue rose over 11% to $1.37 billion vs. $1.33 billion estimates.  Shares are up 9% at $33.60 on almost 100,000 shares.

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is seeing its ADRs down yet again over Greek debt risks and the concern in the PIIGS… Shares are down over 8% at $3.61 in early pre-market trading.

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JON C. OGG
FEBRUARY 8, 2010

]]> http://vsinvestor.com/2010/02/top-day-trader-alerts-aib-amag-cit-cvs-has-nbg.html/feed 0 Elevated Options Trading in Mattel (MAT, HAS) http://vsinvestor.com/2009/09/elevated-options-trading-in-mattel-mat-has.html http://vsinvestor.com/2009/09/elevated-options-trading-in-mattel-mat-has.html#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:19:25 +0000 247admin http://vsinvestor.com/?p=1941 Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) is trading huge volume in the April 2010 strikes with 1,328 January $20 calls and 9,431 January $22.50 calls trading, and almost all the action new opening buys.  The calls all traded around the same time with a huge block accounting for most of the volume, and the action does not look tied to shares.  Implied volatility has spiked from 41% to 50% with earnings scheduled for October 16th.  The recent offer by Disney to buyout Marvell makes things tougher for both Hasbro and Mattell so possibly this trader is eyeing a potential mega-merger among the toy manufacturers.  Many years ago Hasbro rejected a $5.2B merger proposal from Mattell, but recent industry competitive action may get talks started again, with less concerns over anti-trust matters.

-JOE KUNKLE, OptionsHawk.com

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