TradingMarkets 7 Options You Need To Know For Wednesday

• May 16, 2006
• Brice Wightman

Here are 7 options for option
traders for Wednesday:

St. Jude Medical
(
STJ |
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PowerRating)
saw a good deal of put buying.
The stock closed at 37.90 and the Jun 30 puts (STJ RG) closed at 0.25 – 0.25.
STJ’s
PowerRating
is 4.

Bed Bath & Beyond
(
BBBY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 37.12 
and the Jun 37 1/2 puts (BHQ RU) closed at 1.10 – 1.20.
BBBY’s
PowerRating is
5.

AT&T
(
T |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.

The stock closed at 25.77 and the Jun 30 puts (T RE) closed at 0.15 –
0.20.  T’s
Power Rating
is 6.

IBM
[IBM|IBM] also had plenty of put buying
relative to call buying. The
stock closed at 82.16 and the Jun 30 puts (IBM RP) closed at 0.55 – 0.60. 

IBM’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Redback
(
RBAK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative
to call buying. The stock
closed at 21.40 and the Jun 20 puts (RBU RD) closed at 0.60 – 0.70. RBAK’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Ballard Power
(
BLDP |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) also

had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 7.84 and the Jun 7 1/2 puts (DUJ RU) closed at 0.55 – 0.65. 

BLDP’s
Power Rating
is 10.

Electronic Arts
(
ERTS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.  The
stock closed at 43.24 and the Jun 45 puts (EZQ RI) closed at 2.50 – 2.60. ERTS’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Brice Wightman

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