How to find sudden increase in call or put option volume

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How to find sudden increase in call or put option volume

An SI Board Since August 1997

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One theory is that some insider may buy a lot of call just before a company make important announcement and move up in price. Could anyone kindly tell me whether any web site allow people to detect a stock with unusual trading volume on a call relative to open interest? Thanks.

CyberBill

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24	Arb, Thanks for the web address. I will investigate it. Steve	Millby2000	-	11/17/1998
23	Opscan from optionvue.com is a dos program that dials a database in Illinois an	Arb	-	11/17/1998
22	Max, Try poweropt.com Millby2000	Millby2000	-	11/13/1998
21	Max, The only site that I know of with historical option data is www.prophetdat	pauls	-	4/19/1998
20	The web site optionsource.com has a Hot Option Activity section in their Trader	Option Investor	-	4/5/1998
19	Neither a pauper nor a king, Just concentrating a little on my primary income s	Max G. Blaise Jr.	-	2/16/1998
18	Robert,thanks.McMillan site could be the ticket.I noticed he had a daily update	scotty	-	2/10/1998
17	Here is a website all about options.You all know the Author(Lawrence G. McMilla	Robert Giambrone	-	2/9/1998
16	Mark 20,could be.I know of several profitable trades from focus info.When focus	scotty	-	2/8/1998
15	scotty, Not an expert, but is it possible that the high volume numbers in	Mark20	-	2/8/1998
14	scotty, just had a thought. Maybe Max's system worked so well that he no l	Mark20	-	2/8/1998
13	Steve,no,someone is putting a large bet on lower prices.News item didn't ex	scotty	-	2/8/1998
12	Thanks scotty	Mark20	-	2/8/1998
11	Does this mean cpq may see a rise in it's share price soon?	Steve Hufnagle	-	2/8/1998
10	Mark 20,looks like Max split long ago,maybe this idea will stay alive on this t	scotty	-	2/8/1998
9	Max, Looks like a lady named Joyce Chen pulled up and restarted this thread th	Mark20	-	2/8/1998
8	Options Focus reports heavy put buying in CPQ,heavy call buying in LISB. I'	scotty	-	2/8/1998
7	John,I follow <option focus> news on Yahoo business news thread.A few wee	scotty	-	2/8/1998
6	Joyce, I have no idea. Check out his web page and maybe send him some email -	John M. Hammer	-	2/2/1998
5	Did they correctly predict the CPQ bought out DEC ? Just curious.	Joyce Chen	-	1/31/1998
4	Not that I am recommending this service, but The Wolf claims to be able to pred	John M. Hammer	-	8/31/1997
3	I am still in the model development phase, and have yet to prove to myself that	Max G. Blaise Jr.	-	8/25/1997
2	Max, has your method worked on any stocks so far? Have you thought about puts o	Albert V	-	8/25/1997
1	The following post indicates this is exactly the strategy that I am also persue	Max G. Blaise Jr.	-	8/25/1997

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