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Monday Morning Outlook: Dow Jones Industrial Average Bulls March Warily Upward

03/13/10 1:25 PM

Expiration Week Offers Trading Opportunities

Market Recap: Stocks Finish Flat as Somber Sentiment Offsets Retail Report

For the week, all three major indexes settled in the black

Call Volume Pops on Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

The stock is staring up at familiar resistance on the charts

Call Speculators Swarm Supervalu (SVU) on Leveraged Buyout Buzz

Amid unsubstantiated rumors, the shares of SVU have approached new-high territory

Option Activity Alert: Bears Bet Against Veeco Instruments Inc.

On Thursday, one speculator singled out VECO for a ratio put spread

Trading Tools to Build Your Portfolio: Put Buyers Bet on a Retreat for Regions Financial Corp.

Can the shares of RF conquer long-term resistance?

Options Update: Building an Iron Condor on Biogen Idec Inc.

BIIB was singled out for a four-legged option spread on Thursday

Options Strategy of the Day: The Reverse Iron Butterfly

Examining the limited risk and limited reward of this neutral trading strategy

Early Edge: Goldcorp Inc., Toyota Motor, Dendreon Corporation, and Novavax, Inc.

Aggressive sales incentives have been a boon for Toyota's U.S. sales

Highlights from our SENTIMENT Magazine

Trading the Main Event

Option strategies before and after earnings reports

The Long Vertical Cure: Debit Spreads

Debit spreads can offer peace of mind to option buyers

Expectational Analysis: When Opposites Attract

Breaking down fundamental and technical analysis

The Extra Edge: Sentiment is the Missing Link in Equity Analysis

Trader expectations are often a contrarian indicator

Schaeffer's Blogs

Daily Option Blog
E-Trade Financial Corp. Trader Opens Large Short-Call Position

Trading Floor Blog
Weekly Wrap-up - The Dow Jones Industrial Average Gains 59 Points on the Week

The Daily Contrarian
General Electric Suffers from the Blue-Chip Blues

Options Flow Recap Courtesy of WhatsTrading.com

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