Date updated:10-22-2009
CNBC's "Fast Money" traders have noticed some unusual options activity in a number of stocks.

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CCJ
Cameco Cp - $29.65
- -1.98%
- $29.80
Jon Najarian said put Cameco (CCJ) on your radar. Unusual options action suggests to Najarian that the stock could make a sharp move higher.

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LVS
Las Vegas Sands C - $16.35
- -3.54%
- $16.52
Pete Najarian has spotted unusual options action in a couple of casino stocks. The volume of MGM Mirage (MGM) Dec 13 calls traded on Monday combined with the volume of Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Jan 19 calls traded on Tuesday suggests to him these shares could make a sharp move higher.

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MGM
M G M Mirage - $10.71
- -4.63%
- $10.99
Pete Najarian has spotted unusual options action in a couple of casino stocks. The volume of MGM Mirage (MGM) Dec 13 calls traded on Monday combined with the volume of Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Jan 19 calls traded on Tuesday suggests to him these shares could make a sharp move higher.

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HGSI
Human Genome Scie - $27.38
- +0.59%
- $26.89
In the options segment, Najarian said options activity has been extremely heavy in Human Genome Science (HGSI) which he said is "back from the dead" and up 846% year to date -- thanks to the prospects of its lupus drug, Benlysta. A large volume of the Nov 22 calls and Nov 30 calls suggests to Najarian this stock could soon make a significant move higher.

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APPL
Appl - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
Mike Khouw, an options trader for Canter Fitzgerald, said he's seen consistently bullish options activity on Apple (AAPL), Yahoo!(YHOO) and Microsoft(MSFT) going into their earnings next week.

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YHOO
Yahoo! Inc. - $15.38
- -1.47%
- $15.50
Mike Khouw, an options trader for Canter Fitzgerald, said he's seen consistently bullish options activity on Apple (AAPL), Yahoo!(YHOO) and Microsoft(MSFT) going into their earnings next week.

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MSFT
Microsoft Corpora - $29.62
- -0.54%
- $29.67
Mike Khouw, an options trader for Canter Fitzgerald, said he's seen consistently bullish options activity on Apple (AAPL), Yahoo!(YHOO) and Microsoft(MSFT) going into their earnings next week.

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GOOG
Google Inc. - $569.964
- -0.53%
- $569.99
I’d play Google (GOOG) with options, counsels Brian Stutland, otherwise at these levels it becomes a terribly capital intensive trade. Personally I’d sell some put spreads around $550.
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A. well i guess the first question should
be; will gold stocks be good picks in
2010? they were in 2007, wherent so much
in 2008, they were again in 2009. so
2010?
just asking
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
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