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One day old artcle but a very interesting one about AMD options activity -
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U.S. Options-Advanced Micro vols, volume stay high
CHICAGO, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Implied volatility stayed high on Monday in options on Advanced Micro Devices Inc. as the stock gained ground heading into earnings.
Implied vols for the January 35s stood at roughly 101 percent. "It's been that way for a few days," a market maker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange said of the high implied vols. "There is nothing but buyers." The stock's one-month historical volatility stood at roughly 59 percent.
Turnover in the multiple-listed option also remained hefty on Monday, and by 11:12 a.m. CST (1712 GMT) some 10,650 calls and 2,350 puts had traded in just the January and February expiries on the four U.S. options exchanges combined.
On Friday, about 30,200 total options traded compared to a recent daily average of around 7,100 contracts.
"Earnings are next week," a market maker at the Pacific Exchange said by way of explaining the high vols and volume.
AMD is expected to report on January 19 that it lost $0.01 per share during its fourth quarter, according to a First Call/Thomson Financial mean consensus estimate.
The California-based chip maker said Monday that computer maker Gateway Inc. has selected its Athlon processor for its Select PC series.
Also on Monday, AMD and 3Dlabs Inc. said they agreed to work together on high-performance workstation graphics products using AMD's Athlon processors.
Shares of AMD were up 2-3/16 at 34-7/8 on New York Stock Exchange volume of 3.1 million. The stock earlier on Monday touched a new 52-week high at 35-3/16. ((Laura Jacobs, Chicago Derivatives Desk(312)408-8750 chicago.derivatives.newsroom@reuters.com))
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