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Options Update: Index volatility stays elevated, suggesting continued price movement

Posted Nov 10th 2008 9:25AM by Paul FosterPaul Foster RSS Feed
Filed under: Best Buy (BBY), Circuit City Stores (CC), Options

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Volatility Index S&P 500 Options-VIX at 56.09; 10-day moving average is 61.55.

NASDAQ 100-QQQQ overall implied volatility at 52; 26-week average is 37.

Financial Select Sector-XLF overall volatility at 76; 26-week average is 46.

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) closed at $25.59. Circuit City (NYSE: CC) filed for Chapter 11. BBY December option implied volatility of 86 is above its 26-week average of 54 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement.

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

Tags: bby, cc, Financial Select Sector-XLF, FinancialSelectSector-xlf, NASDAQ 100-QQQQ, Nasdaq100-qqqq, option implied volatility, OptionImpliedVolatility, Volatility Index SP 500 Options-VIX, VolatilityIndexSp500Options-vix

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Last updated: November 12, 2009: 09:13 AM

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