On Thursday, about 300,000 GameStop options contracts had changed hands by 2:14 p.m. (1914 GMT), at about 1.5 times the usual pace, according to data from options analytics firm Trade Alert. The stock's 30-day implied volatility — how much traders expect the shares ...
If anything, the most heavily shorted stocks in the S&P 500 aren’t soaring because they just aren’t calling the Robinhood crowd to the party. Dry cleaning companyEVI Industries Inc. (NYSE:EVI),for example, would force the short sellers to buy back every share that comes to market...