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Reports on options traders' evaluation of the market impact of software company Microsoft Corp.'s loss in a federal antitrust suit in the United States. Options traders' creation of positions in the derivatives market that would benefit if Microsoft's stock bounced higher.

Reports that traders in the United States bought options on technology stocks, as of September 8, 2000, due to expiration of September options contracts. Contracts traded by Microsoft Corp. and Motorola Corp.; Effect of the rise of Intel's stock on the October 70 calls; Decline of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index.

Reports on the strong performance of Microsoft Corporation's shares in the United States option market. Results of the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index; Status of the company on the Nasdaq Stock Market trading; Share price of Microsoft.

Reports on Microsoft Corporation's bullish call options that were bought on June 7, 2000. Share price of the company on June 8, 2000; Effect of Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's ruling that the company be split into two parts on its stock performance.

Focuses on the stock options of Microsoft Corp. as of June 2000. Pressure received by the company regarding its options; Stocks posted by the firm.

Reports on the decrease in Microsoft's stock in the Nasdaq index. Stock price of the company; High technology companies that have been dragged down by Microsoft; Factor that reignited the decline in the technology sector.

Presents updates from the options market in the United States as of April 7, 2000. Call options of America Online Inc., Dell Computer Corp. and Microsoft Corp. bought by traders; Gains of the call options of Compaq Computer Corp.

Focuses on the efforts made by Microsoft Corp. to settle the United States Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against the company. Focus of the settlement talks between the company and the department; Volatility of the stocks of Unocal Corp.; Details on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange Market Volatility Index.

Reports on the earnings posted by technology companies in the United States as of January 20, 2000. Why the revenue growth of Microsoft Corp. would slow; Statement issued by a senior trader at a Wall Street firm; Views from Paul Foster, 1010WallStreet.com company's options strategist.

Focuses on the stock earnings of Microsoft Corp. as of January 2000. Primary concern of option traders in New York City, New York; Comments from some analysts; Number of contracts traded at different stocks exchange centers.

Deals with the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average as of December 17, 1999. Activity in the options market; Performance of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index; Stocks of Microsoft.

Deals with the speculations that Microsoft Corp. will acquire Loral Space & Communications Ltd. Effect of the speculations to the stocks of Loral; Details on the plans of Microsoft on Tandy Corp.; Comment from John Streibich of Beartooth Capital.

Deals with the United States antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. Noteworthy event in Microsoft's options after a lot of short covering after the stock market opened; Implication of volatility, an important part of option-pricing models, on traders; Stock performance of Microsoft on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Reports on the performance of the options market in the United States on October 21, 1999. Implications of equity and index-option trading patterns; Factor that drew people to the option calls of Microsoft Corp.; Volume of contracts at the American Stock Exchange.

Looks at the performance of the options market in the United States on September 1, 1999. Comments from Brian McAllister, head specialist at Binary Traders at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange; Example set by the trading option competition between Microsoft and the Pacific Exchange.

Reports on the decision of traders to roll expiring July 1999 options contracts and placed bets on the stocks of Microsoft Corp. Plans of Microsoft to offer an Internet tracking stock; Advice for traders from Gruntal & Co. options strategist Elliot Spar; Views of SG Cowen Securities' options strategist Gary Semeraro on the stock of Microsoft.

Highlights the possible decisions of options traders in the United States as they wait for news from the Federal Open Market Committee. Possible effect of the expected interest-rate increase on the stock market's level; Response of traders; Effect of rate fluctuations on the stocks of America Online Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

Describes the performance of the stock market in the United States technology sector. Information on the buying activity of Intel Corp.; Earnings estimates from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.; Call buying activities of Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp.; Features of the trading in Standard & Poor's 100 Index.

Provides information on the activity of the technology sector in the options market. Increase on the call options of IBM company; What lifted the call options of Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp.

Reports on the rally in technology stocks which lured traders in the options market in the United States. Details on technology stocks; Stock splits of International Business Machines Corp. and Microsoft Corp.; Options on technology stocks.

Reports on the declining status of individual stocks in the United States. Details on the one-stock split of Microsoft Corp.; Plans of International Business Machines Corp. to split its stocks; Factors which contributed to the trend; Comments from Gary Semeraro, options strategist at S.G. Cowen Securities.

Deals with the impact of the profit of Microsoft Corp. on the stocks of International Business Machines Corp. Popular sentiment in the trading circle about the demand for increase in stock of IBM; Other factors that will help improve the stocks of IBM.

Reports on the increased volatility of stocks in the computer industry in January 1999. Status of options trading; Corporate earnings of Microsoft Corp.; Status of the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index.

Presents information pertaining to the stock options market in the United States as reported on July 17, 1998, with emphasis on Microsoft Corporation. Speculations of traders on Microsoft's stock options; Reference to the amount of trading activity conducted before the expiration of option contracts; How Microsoft's stock traded; Stock performance of Bergen Brunswig company; Speculations on a merger between Bergen and Cardinal Health Incorporated.