Option traders are pushing up call option prices in the Management Services industry and are pushing up put option prices in the Gas Utilities industry today.Any time the volatility skews above 1.00, it is an indication that calls are more expensive than puts. Typically, when calls are more expensive than puts, it means the demand for calls is greater than the demand for puts because investors believe the stock is going to rise in the future and they want to take advantage of that movement by buying calls.
The opposite is also true. Any time a volatility skews below 1.00, it is an indication that puts are more expensive than calls.
Bullish Volatility Skews
inVentiv Health, Inc. (VTIV) -- part of the Management Services industry---came in at the top with a volatility skew of 1.23. This shouldn't be a surprise as VTIV is up 2.32 percent for the past month.
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