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A few months ago I did an interview with Matt Davio AKA as Miss Trade at http://misstrade.wordpress.com.

In the interview, we talk about Chicago floor trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and sta [ ... ]

I have been often asked what is "option pinning" or "pinning the stock". In the video above I go over two examples of two stocks that "pinned" the option strike with the most open interest on options  [ ... ]

On a quiet choppy trading day, school stocks added a late day spark with unconfirmed reports being kicked around about the federal education official would soon step down. In the Elite Chat Room we sa [ ... ]

Friday was a big day in the market going into April options expiration. Not only does market volatility increase with unexpected market gaps higher or lower, but strange intraday swings occur throwi [ ... ]

Research in Motion (RIMM) issued Q4 2010 Earnings after the market close on March 31, 2010. Even though (RIMM) raised Q1 guidance above analyst's estimates, option activity going into earnings was giv [ ... ]

iStar Financial (SFI) had a quiet day today, but yesterday we had a nice intraday trade in our Elite chat room with prices breaking to new highs. Ahead of the move, we picked up large call buying in t [ ... ]

In our Elite chat room, where we go over real time option activity and trade ideas, I posted a trade in Fed Ex (FDX). With earnings before the open Thursday morning, implied volatility going into this [ ... ]

PetMed Express (PETS) saw an explosive move higher yesterday, closing near the highs which saw follow through today with prices hitting new all time highs this morning. On Friday we saw a pick up of c [ ... ]