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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Bulls return to Southwestern Energy

Thu 5:16 AM CT
The natural-gas producer, which is up 37 percent in the last year, found support at its 200-day moving average in January and February but has bounced at its 100-day more recently.
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SWN

AVP

Huge trade remains bullish on Avon

Thu 4:45 AM CT

The cosmetics company touched a 12-year low in November after a long leadership crisis hurt sales, but it's been rebounding since as the last two quarterly reports have beaten expectations.

MTG

Why traders are selling puts in MGIC

Thu 4:14 AM CT

Financial guarantors are up more than 80 percent this year and still drawing bullish option activity, though they have leveled off in the last month, according to researchLAB.

REXX

Trader hedging Rex Energy at highs

Thu 3:47 AM CT

With its focus on the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in Pennsylvania and Ohio, the company has benefited from the renaissance of energy production sweeping the United States.

XHB

Foreign data, jobless claims on tap

Thu 3:16 AM CT

Today's calendar features foreign and domestic economic news, including unemployment filings. existing home sales, and the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's regional activity index.

VIX

VIX surprisingly flat despite selloff

Thu 2:45 AM CT

Equity indexes dropped sharply after remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday afternoon, but the CBOE Volatility Index and its futures didn't show expected gains.

LYG

Bulls are taking Lloyds to the bank

Wed 12:20 PM CT

Shares of the British lender have doubled in the last year as sentiment improves toward financials, especially those in Europe, but the stock still trades for less than book value.

VIX

Videocast: Traders bid up VIX calls

Wed 12:03 PM CT

Group One's Jamie Tyrrell says the volatility skew "has been on fire all day" as traders buy protection in July VIX calls at higher levels.

AKS

Strategy sees big move in AK Steel

Wed 11:41 AM CT

A long-term trade combines stock and options in looking for shares of the steel producer to move sharply higher or lower by early 2015.

EDU

New Oriental is seen holding gains

Wed 11:13 AM CT

Shares of the Chinese education company are hovering after surging 26 percent in the last three months, and traders don't expect much of a pullback.

Largest option buying in equities so far

Wed 10:31 AM CT

Nearing the halfway mark in today's session, here are the individual equity names with the most call and put buying on optionMONSTER's ActionTracker data system.