Volume soared from 41,000 to 140,000, with investors looking very short-term -- mostly within the February series.

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Tuesday’s trading saw more than 7,500 contracts for the March 60-strike put cross the tape. Was a mixed earnings report from McDonald's a factor?

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Casino stock Las Vegas Sands is trending higher going into Wednesday's earnings, but will it continue? Put buyers don't think so.

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A "ratio put spread" calls for medium-term downside. The trade got off to a bad start Monday when SBUX staged an intra-day rally.

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How to trade a conservative hedge on an existing stock holding.

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Service interruptions. Fierce competition from Android and iPhone. A recession. General ennui. These factors and others have made business difficult for Research In Motion (NYSE:RIMM). In the past year, RIMM shares have given back 74% of their value, with the stock dropping 40% in the last six months alone. Technical analysts (a/k/a “chartists”) might recognize…

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Heavy options activity in the form of Safeway (SWY) call buying suggests hope for future upside in the grocery stock.

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Call buyers are looking for upside in BofA, Citi, and Lowe’s. All three stocks were the subject of outsize trades on Friday.

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This options play on Pandora stock has a high probability of success.

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The sentiment that it's going to get worse for the tragedy-struck cruise line shows in the whopping 77,000 put options that were traded Tuesday.

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