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Steve Claussen is the Chief Investment Strategist for OptionsHouse. His 26-year career in the derivatives industry took him from the Chicago Board of Trade to Wachovia and eventually OptionsHouse. 
George Ruhana is the Chief Executive Officer of OptionsHouse. His 15-year career in the option and derivatives trading business began on the historic floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. This weekend’s Barron’s article “Striking Price” discussed President Obama’s desire to eliminate the “60/40 rule” for the tax treatment of trading by pro... Continue reading »
February 16, 2010 15:07 EST Related Symbols: IBM
InterMune Inc. (ITMN) is seeing tremendous volume in the March options series, sending this specific month’s implied volatility skyrocketing up to 200+ volatility. ... Continue reading »
February 01, 2010 13:36 EST Related Symbols: ITMN
Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) is in the midst of one of the most challenging periods in its corporate history. Reputation and trust takes years, perhaps generations, to nur... Continue reading »
Today Netflix Inc. (NFLX) posted great earnings results and enjoyed multiple analyst upgrades, sending the stock to a 24% winning day in a weak market. The price actio... Continue reading »
January 28, 2010 17:17 EST Related Symbols: NFLX
The attached article appeared in The Wall Street Journal over the weekend. Basically, Mr. Greenberg feels that American International Group (AIG) got the short end of... Continue reading »
As can be seen in the decline of the VIX throughout 2009, implied volatility as a whole has declined significantly. The most recent decline pushed the VIX periodical... Continue reading »
December 31, 2009 13:01 EST Related Symbols: AIG
The news that Citigroup (C) will be repaying $20.5 billion of outstanding TARP preferred shares sounds like a positive. The shares are lower by over 5% this morning,... Continue reading »
December 14, 2009 11:53 EST Related Symbols: C
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. House Majority leader Nancy Pelosi is displaying a small understanding of how capital markets work. She has stated th... Continue reading »
December 08, 2009 07:03 EST
Even in this slow trading day, the OptionsHouse Hotlist is picking up unusual heavy volume in A-Power Energy Generation Systems (APWR). The stock is higher by 12.5% a... Continue reading »
November 25, 2009 15:39 EST Related Symbols: APWR
Volatility sellers are apparent today in the face of the market weakness as the CBOE SPX Volatility Index (VIX) has reversed earlier gains and is now below the 21% mar... Continue reading »
November 24, 2009 15:03 EST Related Symbols: VIX
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