Author: Marco Hickey

As of today the top ten most active stock option contracts traded were:Blackstone Group (BX) January 10 Call OptionsMattel (MAT) January 17.50 Call OptionsGeneral Electric (GE) January 2011 22.50 Call OptionsBank of America...

With the NYSE trading almost 1.5% higher Monday, it’s no surprise that there were 21 breakout stocks on big volume that made my post. As always, the first thing I do is scan the list for familiar names, such as stocks...

As of today the top ten most traded option contracts were:Bank of America (BAC) January 17.50 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ (QQQQ) December 45 Call OptionsS&P 500 SPDR (SPY) December 111 Call OptionsS&P 500 SPDR December...

With the market trading relatively flat on November options expiration Friday, there were several stocks that hit my radar which traded higher on BIG volume. In this post, I will name 11 stocks which traded higher Friday...

With the market selling off Thursday, there were several stocks that hit my radar which traded higher on abnormal volume. In this post, I will name 12 stocks which fought the trend Thursday November 19, 2009. I will be checking...

In a previous OptionMaestro.com post, I outlined 30 stocks which I wouldn’t mind going long at these levels. I wrote about getting long the stocks by using the buy-write option strategy. This is an updated post to that...

As of today the top ten most traded option contracts were:Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) January 55 Call OptionsJohnson & Johnson January 50 Call OptionsJohnson & Johnson November 60 Call OptionsS&P 500 SPDR (SPY)...

In this post, I will name 25 stocks which traded higher Wednesday November 18, 2009 on unusually higher volume. As always, I will keep an eye on these stocks Thursday to see if there is continued buying pushing the stocks...

The top ten most active option contracts traded today were:S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) November 111 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR November 111 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ (QQQQ) November 44 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR November 110 Put...