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Option Update: Yahoo volatility and shares down 7%

Posted Jun 12th 2008 3:11PM by Paul FosterPaul Foster RSS Feed
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Options


Yahoo (NASDAQ-YHOO) recently down $1.85 to $24.25:


The WSJ reported Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) was no longer willing to pay $33 for YHOO. YHOO call option volume of 66,999 contracts compared to put volume of 97,673 contracts. YHOO June & July option implied volatility of 50 was above its 26-week average of 40 according to Track Data, indicating larger price movement.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Tags: option implied volatility, OptionImpliedVolatility

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