U.S. Stock Options With Biggest Changes in Implied Volatility
By Bloomberg News -
2011-09-12T15:30:07Z
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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HRBN HARBIN ELEC HRBN US 10/22/11 C13 49.2 110.3 6.90 0.0 203
UUP POWERSHARES UUP US 01/21/12 C20 40.0 11.9 2.04 4.6 359
C CITIGROUP I C1 US 01/21/12 P5 26.3 59.0 2.35 0.0 2050
TLT ISHARES BAR TLT US 12/17/11 C95 24.0 25.3 19.05 51.2 520
AN AUTONATION AN US 10/22/11 P35 21.8 60.7 1.75 34.6 515
ZOLT ZOLTEK COS ZOLT US 10/22/11 P7.5 20.9 73.0 0.65 18.2 200
IIVI II-VI INC IIVI US 10/22/11 P17.5 20.2 81.2 1.70 36.0 361
AN AUTONATION AN US 10/22/11 C35 17.9 59.1 4.50 0.0 1336
SLRC SOLAR CAPIT SLRC US 10/22/11 P20 16.2 45.4 0.55 -26.7 264
ARMH ARM HOLDING ARMH US 10/22/11 C26 15.8 77.5 3.90 30.0 266
EPB EL PASO PIP EPB US 10/22/11 P35 15.6 33.5 1.05 16.7 578
SPY SPDR S&P 50 SPY US 09/30/11 P120 14.6 33.6 7.00 8.5 2850
EUO PROSH-UL/SH EUO US 10/22/11 C18 14.4 39.9 1.30 8.3 527
UWM PROSHARES U UWM US 10/22/11 P30 13.7 100.3 4.00 45.5 263
BBBB BLACKBOARD BBBB US 10/22/11 C45 13.5 8.9 0.20 300.0 500
C CITIGROUP I C1 US 01/21/12 P4 13.2 52.3 1.39 2.2 201
TPLM TRIANGLE PE TPLM US 10/22/11 C5 13.0 117.4 0.75 -34.8 250
ARMH ARM HOLDING ARMH US 10/22/11 C27 12.9 75.3 3.10 7.3 277
ARMH ARM HOLDING ARMH US 10/22/11 C28 12.6 73.6 2.61 21.4 885
SPY SPDR S&P 50 SPY US 09/30/11 P118 12.3 35.6 5.81 7.8 1346
QCOR QUESTCOR PH QCOR US 01/21/12 P21 12.1 79.0 2.45 6.5 327
SPY SPDR S&P 50 SPY US 09/30/11 P117 11.9 36.7 5.08 10.4 1625
SPY SPDR S&P 50 SPY US 09/30/11 P119 11.8 34.7 6.45 9.3 503
GGP GENERAL GRO GGP US 10/22/11 P11 11.7 64.8 0.48 0.0 1420
IWM ISHARES-RUS IWM US 09/30/11 P59 11.5 64.2 0.90 5.9 341
IWM ISHARES-RUS IWM US 09/30/11 P60 11.3 62.6 1.06 3.9 1266
IWM ISHARES-RUS IWM US 09/30/11 P61 11.2 61.3 1.21 2.5 387
TRV TRAVELERS C TRV US 10/22/11 C50 11.1 36.8 1.40 -2.8 257
HRBN HARBIN ELEC HRBN US 12/17/11 C19 11.1 69.4 3.30 11.9 325
EWG ISHARES-GER EWG US 10/22/11 C18 10.9 62.1 1.20 0.0 649
QQQ POWERSH-QQQ QQQ US 09/30/11 P53 10.9 38.4 1.75 -1.1 1245
IWM ISHARES-RUS IWM US 09/30/11 P58 10.9 65.5 0.77 10.0 307
IWM ISHARES-RUS IWM US 09/30/11 P62 10.9 59.7 1.50 11.1 3092
ARMH ARM HOLDING ARMH US 10/22/11 C25 10.8 78.4 4.60 21.1 267
IWM ISHARES-RUS IWM US 09/30/11 P67 10.6 51.5 3.02 5.6 5378
LFC CHINA LIFE- LFC US 10/22/11 P35 10.6 51.1 2.50 35.1 533
EUO PROSH-UL/SH EUO US 11/19/11 C19 10.5 41.4 1.05 -4.5 334
EK EASTMAN KOD EK US 01/21/12 P1.5 10.3 122.0 0.17 21.4 723
UUP POWERSHARES UUP US 01/21/12 C21 10.1 12.4 1.24 6.0 237
LINTA LIBERTY-INT LINTA US 10/22/11 C15 10.0 60.1 1.50 -3.2 2030
Top Volatility Decreases
Contract %Chg Impl.
Ticker Name Description Vol. Vol. Price %Chg Volume
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NETL NETLOGIC MI NETL US 10/22/11 C42 -53.6 23.5 6.10 3966.7 539
GLBL GLOBAL INDS GLBL US 12/17/11 C2.5 -39.9 96.7 5.20 73.3 200
GLBL GLOBAL INDS GLBL US 12/17/11 C5 -39.8 54.4 2.75 161.9 669
SDS PROSHARES U SDS US 10/22/11 C19 -39.1 22.1 6.35 7.6 210
GLBL GLOBAL INDS GLBL US 10/22/11 C5 -37.0 72.9 2.75 243.8 225
MELA MELA SCIENC MELA US 10/22/11 C3 -24.3 123.5 0.45 -43.8 1446
WLT WALTER ENER WLT US 10/22/11 P50 -20.0 75.1 0.13 -53.6 358
DLR DIGITAL REA DLR US 10/22/11 C55 -18.0 39.2 3.20 -41.8 531
XRX XEROX CORP XRX US 01/21/12 C5 -15.3 61.6 2.47 -10.5 200
UAL UNITED CONT UAL US 12/17/11 C10 -14.6 92.6 7.93 5.0 750
NVMI NOVA MEASUR NVMI US 11/19/11 C5 -11.4 82.0 1.45 -9.4 200
x - Ex-dividend. * - Ex-earnings.
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