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OptionStation Pro: Our third-generation advanced desktop platform provides tools to quickly build options chains, graph and analyze any options strategy scenario, and then quickly place trades directly into the market. A premier tool to inspire trade ideas.

Options Trading PlatformDynamic strategy-based option chains: Customize the option chain view to display single options or complex options spreads by simply clicking on a bid or ask price.
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Powerful what-if position graphs: Theoretical positions can be created, and 2D graphed for analysis, allowing maximum gains and loss, breakeven points, standard deviation curve, and additional risk measures.

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Uber Technologies has been steadily trending higher, and options traders seem to think the move will continue. Two large transactions appeared in the ride-sharing stock yesterday. Both were bullish, although one involved significant risk and the other was conservative. First, the riskier trade: Volume was below open interest in the August contracts but not the 
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Options Alert: Two Giant Trades In Uber Technologies

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Apple has surged this year as Wall Street anticipates a new iPhone cycle and growth opportunities in India. But yesterday options traders looked for a pause. Check out this large transaction that occurred shortly after Monday’s open: There are two possible explanations for the trade. Credit Spread The more bullish possibility is that the 180 
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Options Alert: Large Put Spread Targets Key Level in Apple

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Carnival is the top-performing member of the S&P 500 in June, and one big options trader may think it will keep sailing over the summer. Check out this unusual options activity yesterday in the cruise-ship operator: The transaction appears to be a vertical call spread, which can profit from a rally with limited cost. Buying 
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Options Traders May Think Carnival Will Keep Sailing Higher

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Major technology stocks like Apple and Microsoft jumped on quarterly results. Will peer Saleforce.com make a similar move? Marc Benioff’s provider of cloud-based marketing software is up 49 percent this year after a sharp selloff in 2022. It has paused over the last month, but some traders may see positive signals on the chart. First 
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Options Alert: Call Volume Grows as Salesforce.com Nears Highs

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