Volume Spike Investor

2010 is here and we wanted to take a look at the largest catalyst for options volume and how it may translate into active stock trading for the January 2010 options expiration date.  In this matter we looked solely at the closest in-the-money and out-of-the-money call options that expire on January 15, 2010 because these [...]

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) surging this morning after Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has canceled the launch of its own graphics chipset based on its own Larrabee design.  The reason cited was because the silicon and software development were said to be behind where Intel was hoping they would [...]

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is down 3% at $19.50 on over 300,000 shares as of 8:20 AM EST.  This is on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgrade this morning… it is also nailing all the semiconductors as the entire sector was downgraded.  Not much else is left to say…
JON OGG

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is surging this morning as a most active stock of big NASDAQ names.  You know that it beat earnings, raised guidance, and talked up even the higher-end of its product spread.  At 8:18 AM EST we have seen a gain of 4.5% at $21.41 on about 1.7 million shares.  This will [...]

Several analysts made comments about the strength of Apple’s (AAPL) future prospects. Intel (INTC) and Nvidia (NVDA) seem to be rising in sympathy
Douglas A. McIntyre

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) guidance is driving the tech sector, despite Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) already giving a lift to the sector…..Right before the open at 9:28 AM EST Intel stock is up 4.5% at $20.35 on about 8 million shares.  Look at peers and competitors:

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is up over 5% [...]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) are down 11 percent to $3.63 on early premarket volume of more than 43,000 shares. The chipmaker reported a loss last night of 62 cents a share ex items. Analysts had been anticipating a loss of 47 cents a share. Revenue fell 13 percent from the same period a year earlier [...]

Intel Corp.  (Nasdaq: INTC) shares are usually among the most active Nasdaq stocks in premarket trading, but they will be ones to watch for potentially above-average volume this morning. The stock was upgraded by JMP Securities to Outperform from Market Perform. The research firm noted an ongoing market recovery, revenue opportunities from off-site computing and [...]

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) shares are up 2 percent to $16.87 on volume of 160,000 shares before 9 a.m. Eastern after Bank of America/Merrill raised its rating on the chipmaker to Buy from Neutral, arguing that market participants are underestimating the stock’s potential upside.
The Intel rating boost coincides with the brokerage’s move to a more [...]

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) shares are up less than 2% in average premarket trading volume, although it remains a stock to watch. According to Bloomberg, Intel will announce today that it plans to sell processors to Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) to use in mobile devices offered by the leading cell phone maker. Financial details were not provided. [...]