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Shares of Anaplan Inc (NYSE: PLAN) Monday spiked close to 28% after private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo announced it had signed a deal to acquire the business planning software company. The announcement also triggered a big move in Coupa Software Inc (NASDAQ: COUP). On CNBC's "...

Shares of Cameco Corp (NYSE: CCJ) Thursday jumped more than 9% to close at $27.12 on rising uranium prices amid the Russia-Ukraine tensions. On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw of Optimize Advisors said the stock is trading more than 2.5 times its average daily call volumes....

Shares of KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Tuesday rose almost 4%, after having shed over 15% year to date. On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that the stock was trading more than 2 times its average daily call volumes. Calls outpaced puts by nearly 2:1, he added....

Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) Monday announced the suspension of the sales and issuance of two exchange-traded notes. The British bank said that the decision was based on capacity constraints and has nothing to do with the Russia-Ukraine crisis. On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw...

Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) bucked the broader decline in tech stocks, adding more than 5% to close at $2,936.35. Amazon’s stock gained after the company surprised markets with announcements of a 20-for-1 stock split and a $10 billion share repurchase authorization. See Also:...

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) Wednesday reports earnings after the bell. Shares of the company plummeted more than 6% on Tuesday. On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that the stock is trading more than 1.6 times its average daily volumes. The...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) witnessed “very extraordinary activity” on Monday. It was a “meme stock mania type of options activity,” with the stock trading more than 16 times its average...

Most defense stocks were trading close to their 52-week highs on Monday amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis. On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) traded nearly three times the average daily volumes on Monday. There...

Brent Crude for April delivery rose more than 2% on Thursday and breached the $100 per barrel mark for the first time since 2014. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude added 71 cents, or 0.8%, to settle at $92.81 a barrel, after rising to $100.54 earlier in the session. See Also: How Energy...

Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) have shed almost 9% since Thursday last week, amid wide speculations of the company facing further regulatory pressures, with Beijing preparing for another round of crackdowns. On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw of Optimize Advisors...

Shares of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) plummeted more than 26% after the Facebook parent reported disappointing fourth-quarter results and issued weak guidance. On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw of Optimize Advisors said Meta Platforms was the “busiest single...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is gearing up to report its four-quarter earnings Wednesday after the closing bell. This will be the first report since the company changed its name from Facebook. On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that calls outpaced puts...

PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) closed Monday with big gains, rising almost 8%. On CNBC's "Options Action," Mike Khouw of Optimize Advisors said calls outpaced puts by around 2:1. The options market “is implying a move of just over 7% by the end of the week,” Khouw...