Options Update: CBOE Volatility Index up 20%


CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) up 3.50 to 20.98, above 50-day moving average of 17.83; S&P 500 recently down 1.71%.

Goldman Sachs (GS) is recently up 81c to $152.88. GS call option volume of 60,274 contracts compares to put volume of 63,724 contracts. May put option implied volatility is at 44, June is at 41; above its 26-week average of 33 according to Track Data. GS June 175 calls volatility is at 37, June 125 put volatility is at 58, suggesting traders taking positions for downside price movement.

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

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Last updated: February 10, 2012: 12:01 PM

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