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Da Bears

The past three months the market has provided a nice rally. However, recently, this rally has seemed at best to slow down. It is clear "Da Bears" are starting to take over. That being said, there are still opportunities playing options. One example is in the tech sector. As the panel discusses on "Options Action" the nasdaq has had a great run. So far this year it is up 16% and we have seen a lot of put buying recently in this sector. Hear this strategy as well as the rest of the panel's.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1158834143&play=1
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1158834185&play=1
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1158849073&play=1
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1158849354&play=1

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