Google Inc. and other Internet companies have zeroed in on a bill that could restrict their ability to do business in 'repressive' foreign countries.

So how do those early pin thoughts look now? After all I wrote them up yesterday. See Four Stocks to Watch for Pins.Well Baidu (BIDU) couldn't shake 440 on Tuesday. And as we noted there was no options reason for that the open interest just wasn't there. And lo and behold neither is the stock any more.It's a good example of coincidence more than anything. The stock was just doing nothing on Tuesday but it happened to be doing nothing right near a strike price.It may pin somewhere but looks like a different strike now and perhaps pinning is ...

Editor's Note: The following is a free edition of Jeff Cooper's Daily Market Report. For a 2-week trial FREE trial of his daily commentary and nightly day and swing trading picks click here.Here come old flattopHe come groovin’ up slowlyHe got joo-joo eyeballHe one holy roller….He roller coasterHe got early warningHe got muddy waterHe one mojo filterHe say one and one and one is three-- "Come Together" by John LennonAs with anything that applies to the markets and life things aren't always what they seem. There's a primary and a secondary thread stitching the seams; there's a major and ...

For the loneliest number one sure has a lot of company. A one point gain took the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to within one percent of its replacement level while one dollar will suffice as a salary for Citigroup’s (C) CEO. Investors sold sex and bought Saks (SKS) Playboy (PLA) plunging 14.23% to put Hef in a huff even as the upscale retailer rose 4.06% after swinging to an unexpected profit. While Wall Street ended at session highs on a day of otherwise modest market gains Jacob’s Engineering (JEC) (-14.51%) will require Jacob’s Ladder to climb back to where it was ...

There are two main drivers to a stock pinning at strike on Expiration Friday. One is the open interest of the given strike. The higher the open interest the more likely the stock gets drawn to strike because owners of the options will likely engage in transactions that have the net effect of forcing the stock there (typically we're talking about call owners selling stock against them as the calls are set to become stock themselves). The other is the general volatility backdrop in both the stock itself and the market. The lower the volatility the more likely a ...