Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) closed at $29.72 Tuesday.

AKAM offers services for accelerating content and business processes online. AKAM will report Q4 EPS on February 6.

Think Equities says: "Share price more than fully reflects perceived industry risks, and recent levels of pessimism (and speculation) surrounding the company are unwarranted."

AKAM February option implied volatility of 81 is above its 26-wek average of 55 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price fluctuations.

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

Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) is recently (8:44 a.m.) down $20.55 (27.5%0 to $54.20 in pre-open trading.

• Think Equities: "Q3 results beat consensus, but raised FY07 guidance disappoints."
  
• CROX introduced FY08 revenues and EPS growth targets of 35% to 40%.
  
• CROX November option implied volatility of 96 was above its 26-week average of 60 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price risks.

TD AmeriTrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) --

• TD Ameritrade CEO Joseph Moglia was an executive at Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) in the 1980s and 90s. Moglia has been mentioned as a potential candidate to lead MER.
  
• AMTD over all option implied volatility of 42 is near its 26-week average of 43 according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional risk.

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