Options Trading in the News.

Juniors In Hell (GoldSeek.com)
Junior resources stocks reside in a realm that has long been considered the Wild West of the equity markets. And investors who speculate on the junior circuit are the consummate gamblers. Risks and rewards are realized in extreme fashion as juniors can either make you rich or rob you blind.

Www.ONN.tv Reports: BHP Billiton (BHP) Drops Its Bid For Rio Tinto (Business Wire Via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO----Recorded live from the heart of the options universe in downtown Chicago, The Sidewinder Report is www.ONN.tv’s daily options update, covering unusual options volume and notable activity in the options trading pits.

Options Point To Higher Shekel-dollar Rate (Globes Online)
Leader Capital Markets predict further interest rate cuts in early 2009.

Sebi May Tighten Mutual Funds Norms (Business Standard India)
May bar premature withdrawals from fixed maturity plans. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is expected to issue stricter norms for the mutual fund industry after its board meets here Thursday.

VIX Rises As Traders Buy Options To Protect Stock Market Gains (Bloomberg)
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The benchmark index for U.S. stock options climbed, snapping the steepest four-day decline in 17 years, as traders bought insurance after the market’s best week in three decades.

INVESTORSOFFSHORE.COM (Investors Offshore)
A survey by the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) has found that, driven by the increased dominance of stock options trading, the contribution of exchange participants' (EPs) principal trading to HKEx's derivatives market further increased, and retail investors' online trading grew strongly, accounting for nearly 40% of all retail investor trading.

Record Options Trading Slows After Hedge Funds Fold (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. options trading slowed this month from a record pace after hedge funds collapsed and the biggest market swings since 1929 made equity derivatives too expensive to be used as insurance against stock losses.

TAX-NEWS.COM (Tax-News.com)
A survey by the Hong Kong Exchange has found that, driven by the increased dominance of stock options trading, the contribution of exchange participants' principal trading to the exchange's derivatives market further increased, and retail investors' online trading grew strongly, accounting for nearly 40% of all retail investor trading.

VIX Rises As Traders Buy Options To Protect Stock Market Gains (Bloomberg)
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The benchmark index for U.S. stock options snapped the steepest four-day loss in 17 years as traders bought insurance after the market’s best week in three decades.

Linn Group Morning Corn Comment (Ag Report)
CHICAGO - Nov 28/08 - SNS -- Following is the morning corn futures comment from the futures commission brokerage firm Linn Group. The corn market closed slightly higher on Wednesday on light volume as trade got ready for the Thanksgiving holiday.