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Electronic Arts shows bullish signs
erts Mon 1:43 PM CT
As the digital game company prepares to report earnings after the bell today, its daily chart is showing a potential bullish pattern.


WEBCAST:  VIX slips back down
vix spx Mon 1:49 PM CT
GroupOne's Jamie Tyrrell says the VIX has been slowly creeping down as the S&P 500 has settled in with very little intraday volatility.

CVS trades higher but draws puts
cvs Mon 12:16 PM CT
The pharmacy services company's shares are active after a positive earnings release, but puts are dominating the option trading despite the stock's jump.

WEBCAST:  Strangling China ETF
fxi Mon 10:57 AM CT
Chris McKhann says the FXI exchange-traded fund is seeing a large "short strangle" trade for the second straight session, this time in the May contracts.

Bearish features on Coca-Cola chart
ko Mon 10:48 AM CT
Ahead of the company's earnings results tomorrow, some important technical features have already become active on its chart.

Large put activity looks for Ford drop
f Mon 10:36 AM CT
The automaker's shares have rebounded more than 600 percent from their March lows, but now we see one option trader positioning for another steep drop.

The ups and downs of long volatility
Mon 10:26 AM CT
If you are bullish you could buy vertical spreads--buying a call and selling a further-out-of-the money call--or you could use a risk reversal.

Cramer: Waiting to take advantage
arg gs spx Mon 10:16 AM CT
We have to find out which was bogus last week--the selloff or the rally. This market is so thin that one motivated seller or margin clerk can really wreck the tableau.

Bulls make long-term bets on Calpine
cpn Mon 9:54 AM CT
Traders are making some long-term bullish bets after the energy company obtained permission to build the first power plant built under federal greenhouse gas limits. 

Traders skeptical on CIT Group
cit Mon 9:20 AM CT
Shares of CIT Group have jumped on the news that John Thain will take over as its new chairman and CEO, but not everyone is buying into the surge.

WEBCAST:  Watch for warning signs
spx xlf gld Mon 8:51 AM CT
A lot of people pointed to Friday's rebound as a reversal from last week's big selloff, but Guy says there are still some important warning signs in the market.

Mead Johnson draws downside bets
mjn Mon 8:23 AM CT
The baby food company climbed after its recent earnings report but has seen strong technical resistance and drew heavy put buying Friday.

How far are bears willing to push?
ndx qqqq spx spy ^rut iwm Mon 7:32 AM CT
Friday's turnaround was a classic mean-reversion trade that likely exposed just how short most traders had been heading into the weekend.

CVS pops with healthy earnings
cvs has aib Mon 7:22 AM CT
The pharmacy services company says fourth-quarter profits jumped 11 percent; Transformers boost Hasbro's bottom line; Allied Irish Banks take a hit.

Futures fall with weakness overseas
xom amzn wy cme jwn stj erts vmc dis biib Mon 7:08 AM CT
G-7 meeting notes on the current credit crisis in Europe have done little to calm market jitters. Japan's Nikkei breaks below 10,000.

WEBCAST:  A fork in the road
xlf gs ms intc hd ndx vix spx Mon 6:12 AM CT
Noting that 16 of the 19 Mondays have been positive "Mutual Fund Mondays," Pete says today will be pivotal after the big selloff and rebound in the last two sessions.

How one bull is playing Gilead
gild Mon 1:05 AM CT
The biopharmaceutical company lit up our screens Friday with institutional option activity in a February bull call spread.

Unit Corp. attracts bullish calls
unt Mon 12:24 AM CT
The oil and natural gas driller drew upside option activity late Friday ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings release in two weeks.

Traders turn bearish on QQQQ
qqqq Mon 12:13 AM CT
The PowerShares Nasdaq 100 ETF reversed losses Friday to end the day higher, but the unusual options action for the day was decidedly bearish.