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Summers over, Merkel manouvering, and FED flumaxed – another week ahead!

This week was always going to be a tricky one for both traders and investors, with the market’s primary focus being the FOMC meeting on Wednesday. The meeting at which the FED is likely to signal the beginning of the end of its bond buying program. Well, that’s the theory anyway, but given the less that stellar NFP data, this is far from certain.

Acura Pharmaceuticals Soars for a Second Day; A Comprehensive Look at the Stock

Shares of small-cap biotech company Acura Pharmaceuticals (ACUR, quote) soared once again on Tuesday after a massive rally in the name during Monday’s trading session. The stock surged 42 percent and closed the day at $3.49. Acura opened the session at $2.49 and traded all the way up to $4.50 at one point in the morning.

Euro

The Euro continues to be under pressure for the 9th straight session. As headlines hit the wires about Greece and Spain market participants look to move away from the risk appetite assets send money flowing out of the Euro and into the U.S. dollar. Playing the move Euro move

Euro

The Euro continues to be under pressure for the 8th straight session. As headlines hit the wires about Greece and Spain market participants look to move away from the risk appetite assets send money flowing out of the Euro and into the U.S. dollar. Playing the move Euro move

Financial Select Sector SPDR and the Bernanke Floor

As we approach the 4th and final quarter of 2012 coupled with the Bernanke floor thanks to the unlimited buying of mortgage backed securities banks like JP Morgan (JPM, quote), Wells Fargo (WFC, quote) and Bank of America (BAC, quote) should do well especially with large funds chasing for performance going into year end.

Crude Oil Remains Under Pressure

Crude oil continue to moved lower in today’s session on fear of global economic growth and worries about Spanish debt crisis spinning out of control. Energy traders as well traders of growth commodities became cautious on Monday when Federal Reserve Bank of New York index was reported to have fallen to -10.4 for the month of September hitting a 3 year low.  The previous months reading was -5.8 with analysts’

Option Activity

With the market trying to sort out what Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is trying to single to the market we found several equities with high call and put option volume in afternoon trading.