U.S. Stock Options With Biggest Changes in Implied Volatility
By Bloomberg News -
2011-06-16T15:30:08Z
The following are the U.S. stock options that had the biggest percentage changes in implied volatility from the previous trading day as of 11:30 a.m. in New York. This {OSCH <GO>} search was limited to options that are more than 10 days from expiration, have trading volume of at least 200 contracts and have strike prices within 5 percent of the underlying security's price.
Top Volatility Increases
Contract %Chg Impl.
Ticker Name Description Vol. Vol. Price %Chg Volume
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SGEN SEATTLE GEN SGEN US 07/16/11 P17.5 38.9 82.2 1.00 66.7 279
MF MF GLOBAL H MF US 07/16/11 P7 29.8 48.8 0.20 33.3 1115
KKD KRISPY KREM KKD US 11/19/11 C5 24.0 72.4 4.10 10.8 736
SH PROSHARES S SH US 11/19/11 C38 15.6 16.4 4.90 11.4 276
RE EVEREST RE RE US 07/16/11 C80 13.9 24.0 4.30 -62.9 300
SPWRB SUNPOWER CO SPWRB US 09/17/11 P16 13.6 54.7 1.45 26.1 1799
LLEN L&L ENERGY LLEN US 07/16/11 P5 13.4 190.1 1.00 11.1 377
NFG NATL FUEL G NFG US 07/16/11 P70 12.9 44.1 4.30 -8.5 217
SPWRB SUNPOWER CO SPWRB US 09/17/11 P17 12.9 54.3 1.95 21.1 894
APWR A-POWER ENE APWR US 09/17/11 P1 12.9 218.4 0.18 260.0 1000
OCZ OCZ TECHNOL OCZ US 09/17/11 C7.5 12.9 79.8 1.25 4.2 3000
SNV SYNOVUS FIN SNV US 01/21/12 P1.5 12.8 63.8 0.15 0.0 530
OIL IPATH GS CR OIL US 07/16/11 C25 12.0 36.3 0.79 -6.0 840
UHS UNIVERSAL H UHS US 07/16/11 P45 11.7 47.3 0.44 10.0 500
CALP CALIPER LIF CALP US 08/20/11 P5 11.6 63.6 0.05 0.0 350
IAG IAMGOLD COR IAG US 07/16/11 P17 11.2 47.3 0.25 0.0 527
CZZ COSAN LTD - CZZ US 12/17/11 P10 10.8 45.8 0.55 10.0 1735
Top Volatility Decreases
Contract %Chg Impl.
Ticker Name Description Vol. Vol. Price %Chg Volume
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FNSR FINISAR COR FNSR US 07/16/11 C15 -40.8 59.4 0.70 -80.6 901
FNSR FINISAR COR FNSR US 07/16/11 P15 -39.4 59.2 1.35 80.0 236
FNSR FINISAR COR FNSR US 07/16/11 C14 -38.5 63.1 1.20 0.0 393
FNSR FINISAR COR FNSR US 07/16/11 P14 -38.1 62.1 0.82 49.1 4143
GE GENERAL ELE GE US 07/16/11 C14 -33.2 52.2 4.50 -3.2 469
KR KROGER CO KR US 07/16/11 C24 -28.8 22.3 0.65 62.5 443
RHI ROBERT HALF RHI US 07/16/11 P25 -27.4 30.0 0.60 33.3 6340
CIM CHIMERA INV CIM US 07/16/11 C3.5 -24.0 36.9 0.05 -50.0 216
PIR PIER 1 IMPO PIR US 07/16/11 P11 -20.1 45.5 0.55 -15.4 1674
HRBN HARBIN ELEC HRBN US 07/16/11 C7.5 -19.2 154.6 6.20 -31.1 1218
FNSR FINISAR COR FNSR US 09/17/11 C15 -17.3 62.7 1.45 -64.6 424
XLU SPDR-UTIL S XLU US 07/16/11 P30 -16.9 23.0 0.08 0.0 321
FNSR FINISAR COR FNSR US 01/21/12 C13 -14.4 58.5 3.30 -53.3 1117
GE GENERAL ELE GE US 09/17/11 C13 -13.3 43.6 5.60 2.8 556
FNSR FINISAR COR FNSR US 09/17/11 P14 -12.7 61.5 1.62 0.0 264
SLW SILVER WHEA SLW US 07/16/11 C25 -12.6 53.0 5.80 -4.9 206
ONTY ONCOTHYREON ONTY US 07/16/11 P7 -10.6 76.2 0.30 -57.1 400
HRBN HARBIN ELEC HRBN US 07/16/11 C5 -10.5 149.3 8.80 -4.3 2400
DTG DOLLAR THRI DTG US 10/22/11 C65 -10.2 18.5 7.90 -51.8 750
STD BANCO SANTA STD US 07/16/11 P11 -10.1 38.2 0.70 -2.8 310
x - Ex-dividend. * - Ex-earnings.
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