by Bryan McCormick

In early October we posted a chart of the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), pointing to two potential bullish patterns. The first was complete at the $112 to $113 area, and the next has upside to the $135 area. Both are shown by the blue vertical lines in the chart below.

by Bryan McCormick

As we woke up on Thanksgiving morning, news that Dubai was seeking to delay debt payments rocked the financial world. Though the reaction was nothing like the extremes we've experienced in the past year, the event appeared more severe than anything we have seen in quite some time.

by David Russell

One big trader is looking for lower prices over the next year in Dean Foods (DF), which has been falling since its last earnings report early this month.

by Chris McKhann

Shares of Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) have been range-bound between $17 and $19 for the last four months, but now at least one trader is betting that the stock will break to the downside.

By Bryan McCormick

Starting in August, I did a very basic linear regression line projection of the trend in the S&P 500. At that time, the path followed by that line suggested we would see the 1100 area in the S&P 500 by expiration in November.

By Mike Yamamoto

The VIX yesterday recorded its lowest close since August 2008, and it continues to fall today.

By Chris McKhann

Being short gold has not been a good bet recently, but today we are seeing unusual options activity in one "UltraShort" gold exchange-traded fund.

By Mike Yamamoto

Oil-service stocks have been lagging the rest of the market and other energy names, and now some traders are looking for lower prices.

By David Russell

Macy's has been edging lower for the last five weeks, and now some traders are looking for a rebound.

By David Russell

Call volume surged in King Pharmaceuticals (KG) yesterday as the drugmaker continued to march higher.

By Chris McKhann

The XME mining exchange-traded fund has been in a powerful uptrend for a year, but the puts were active yesterday.

By David Russell

DryShips (DRYS) failed to make new highs yesterday after a strong showing in the previous session, and investors are taking to the lifeboats.

By Mike Yamamoto

Shares of Liz Claiborne (LIZ) have fallen more than 40 percent in the last month, and traders apparently believe that the stock will not rise above these levels and will see less volatility.

By Guy Adami

Often you will hear the pundits talk about the basic materials sector. The only problem is that basic materials takes in a broad swath of subgroups. So what I will attempt to do over the next few weeks is break down and examine various groups that fall under this category.

by Chris McKhann

While the stock of Simon Property Group (SPG) pushes back up toward 52-week highs, option traders are banking on some downside.

By Guy Adami

On Oct. 31, 2007 a little-known analyst from CIBC World Markets wrote a very dour piece about Citigroup (C). The analyst -- named Meredith Whitney -- said Citigroup would need to cut its dividend or sell assets to avert what she thought would be a $30 billion capital shortfall.