U.S. Stock Options With Biggest Changes in Implied Volatility
By Bloomberg News -
2012-09-13T19:00:28Z
The following are the U.S. stock options that had the biggest percentage changes in implied volatility from the previous trading day as of 3:00 p.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 500 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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TWO TWO HARBORS TWO US 12/22/12 C10 44.5 44.6 2.00 14.3 959
CVI CVR ENERGY CVI US 10/20/12 C30 43.3 41.6 4.55 5.8 1500
VWO VANGUARD MS VWO US 11/17/12 C42 28.1 22.1 1.55 47.6 1799
WLL WHITING PET WLL US 10/20/12 C50 25.7 46.3 3.90 81.4 531
KGC KINROSS GOL KGC US 10/20/12 C8 20.3 53.8 1.89 12.5 5314
FST FOREST OIL FST US 10/20/12 C9 19.9 77.8 0.70 100.0 5435
DIS WALT DISNEY DIS US 10/20/12 C42 18.8 32.0 10.50 8.4 1143
CALL MAGICJACK V CALL US 12/22/12 P25 16.1 79.4 4.80 11.6 1032
MRK MERCK & CO MRK US 10/20/12 C43 14.6 15.1 1.82 18.2 537
GLD SPDR GOLD T GLD US 09/28/12 C157 14.2 23.0 13.95 29.2 787
NEM NEWMONT MIN NEM US 10/20/12 P46 14.1 36.2 0.13 -53.6 1000
GE GENERAL ELE GE US 10/20/12 C20 14.0 24.2 2.04 9.1 560
STZ CONSTELLATI STZ US 10/20/12 P25 12.7 57.1 0.15 15.4 500
ORLY O'REILLY AU ORLY US 10/20/12 P75 12.2 33.4 0.90 157.1 1913
OCR OMNICARE IN OCR US 12/22/12 C32 11.8 38.7 4.30 22.9 512
FAZ DIR FIN BEA FAZ US 10/20/12 C15 11.4 42.9 1.92 -35.8 519
ORLY O'REILLY AU ORLY US 10/20/12 C85 11.2 28.8 1.65 -46.8 1401
NEM NEWMONT MIN NEM US 10/20/12 C52.5 11.1 30.0 3.72 105.5 4053
SPY SPDR S&P 50 SPY US 09/28/12 P124 10.9 34.4 0.03 -25.0 885
NLY ANNALY CAPI NLY US 04/20/13 C17 10.9 14.6 0.67 -11.8 740
PHH PHH CORP PHH US 10/20/12 C20 10.9 39.9 0.63 0.0 980
NEM NEWMONT MIN NEM US 10/20/12 P52.5 10.8 29.8 0.92 -48.9 1237
NEM NEWMONT MIN NEM US 10/20/12 C50 10.8 31.3 6.00 81.8 631
XLU SPDR-UTIL S XLU US 10/20/12 P37 10.6 9.9 0.88 -26.7 580
XLF SPDR-FINL S XLF US 10/20/12 P16 10.5 17.9 0.34 -37.0 5247
DIA SPDR DJIA T DIA US 09/28/12 P135 10.2 11.9 1.19 -51.4 997
ACTG ACACIA RESE ACTG US 11/17/12 C30 10.2 60.9 2.30 76.9 611
RENN RENREN INC- RENN US 01/19/13 C4 10.0 60.8 0.45 50.0 1011
Top Volatility Decreases
Contract %Chg Impl.
Ticker Name Description Vol. Vol. Price %Chg Volume
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DELL DELL INC DELL US 01/18/14 C5 -64.6 18.8 5.55 -0.9 2000
ETH ETHAN ALLEN ETH US 11/17/12 P25 -31.3 37.7 2.40 0.0 1070
ANH ANWORTH MOR ANH US 04/20/13 C7 -25.0 9.7 0.10 0.0 705
CX CEMEX SAB-S CX4 US 01/19/13 C6.93 -20.8 39.3 1.63 -1.2 1566
HZNP HORIZON PHA HZNP US 10/20/12 C4.5 -19.6 38.5 0.20 0.0 1630
MDY SPDR S&P MI MDY US 03/16/13 P182 -16.5 16.9 10.50 0.0 500
MRK MERCK & CO MRK US 01/19/13 C30 -16.0 37.1 14.70 1.0 1740
MRK MERCK & CO MRK US 10/20/12 P43 -15.9 14.7 0.28 -31.7 663
PPHM PEREGRINE P PPHM US 10/20/12 C4 -14.5 104.0 0.45 -35.7 1407
MVG MAG SILVER MVG US 11/17/12 C10 -14.3 48.1 1.95 -9.3 655
GE GENERAL ELE GE US 12/22/12 C19 -14.2 19.9 3.10 6.9 881
AGNC AMERICAN CA AGNC US 10/20/12 C37 -14.1 11.6 0.07 133.3 539
CORN TEUCRIUM CO CORN US 11/17/12 P45 -13.6 23.5 0.40 -33.3 1457
IWM ISHARES-RUS IWM US 11/17/12 C77 -12.9 21.6 7.89 2.5 500
XLF SPDR-FINL S XLF US 10/20/12 P14 -12.8 23.9 0.02 -60.0 5282
IWM ISHARES-RUS IWM US 11/17/12 P55 -12.2 39.8 0.02 -33.3 570
VMED VIRGIN MEDI VMED US 12/22/12 P30 -11.8 22.2 1.40 0.0 999
AEO AMER EAGLE AEO US 11/17/12 C22 -11.5 29.4 2.16 2.9 500
IWM ISHARES-RUS IWM US 11/17/12 C78 -11.2 21.4 7.97 16.4 510
AGNC AMERICAN CA AGNC US 12/22/12 C37 -11.0 11.5 0.23 0.0 1006
ZNGA ZYNGA INC- ZNGA US 10/20/12 C3 -10.8 58.7 0.21 -27.6 3097
AWAY HOMEAWAY IN AWAY US 10/20/12 C25 -10.8 35.6 0.70 -17.6 580
SPY SPDR S&P 50 SPY US 09/28/12 C151 -10.5 11.9 0.13 116.7 547
XLF SPDR-FINL S XLF US 10/20/12 P13 -10.1 32.3 0.01 0.0 1486
EQIX EQUINIX INC EQIX US 10/20/12 C210 -10.1 34.0 6.08 204.0 653
x - Ex-dividend. * - Ex-earnings.
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