Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) closed at $59.27. AMGN is scheduled to report Q3 EPS on October 21. AMGN's Dmab PDUFA is expected on October 19th. AMGN November option implied volatility is at 35, January is at 34; verses its six-month average of 37, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.
CBOE streetTracks Gold Shares (NYYSE: GLD) is recently down 13c to $104.13 in pre-open trading. Gold is recently up 0.84% to $1063 according to Bloomberg. GLD option implied volatility is at 23, below a level of 59 from October 2008 and above a level of 17 from July and near a level of 22 from a month ago, according to IVolatility.
Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.
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