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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) options volume tops Tuesday action

January 27, 2010 9:30 EST Related Symbols: ,

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What's OptionsNews?

An ahead-of-the-bell look at the market's biggest stories and a review of unusual options activity. Filled with smart market analysis from the ONN.tv team, "Options News" turns the market's top headlines into trading intelligence, hosted by Karla Yeh.

In This Episode

Apple earnings couldn’t keep the market in the green during yesterday’s session, and one investor traded a front-month call spread.

On today’s Options News, Carrie Long and the ONN.tv team cover the CBOE SPX Volatility Index (VIX), which took another breather during Tuesday’s trading session. The volatility index dropped 0.8 point, or roughly 3%, to 24.5. the market remained relatively flat, despite better-than-expected earnings from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Senior Derivatives Specialist Jared Levy provides insight on front-month upside call action in the computer giant.

During Tuesday’s trading session, a hefty number of February 201 calls and February 220 calls crossed the tape, and it looks like an investor could have traded these options in a spread.

For more breaking news and investment pointers on the options market, stay tuned in to ONN.tv.