Volume Spike Investor

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is not usually in the most active options contracts.  But its stock has not normally been under $20.00 either. Today we have seen some    28,604 options contracts trade (as of 1:28 PM EST) in the DEC-2008 $20.00 Call options.  What is interesting is that before today the open interest in [...]

There are two options contracts that are the most active on the CBOE today, and both are electric producers and power generation.   NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) and Mirant Corp. (NYSE: MIR) hold the two top spots for options trading so far this morning. NRG’s JUL08 $42.50 CALL    with 15,005 contracts traded, and prior open [...]