Volume Signals

Pfizer (PFE) options volume is running 2.5X the (22-day) average, with 122,000 contracts traded and call activity accounting for 87 percent of the volume.

SPDR Oil Production and Exploration ETF (XOP) options volume is 3X the average daily, with 84,000 contracts traded and put volume representing 95 percent of the activity.

CBS options volume is running 7X the average daily, with 42,000 contracts traded and call volume representing 51 percent of the total volume.

Increasing options activity is also being seen in United Healthcare (UNH), McMoran (MMR), and iShares Taiwan Fund (EWT).

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