TradingMarkets 7 Options You Need to Know for Today

• March 20, 2006
• Brice Wightman

Here are 7 options for option
traders for Tuesday:

National Semiconductor
(
NSM |
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PowerRating)
saw a good deal of put buying.
The stock closed at 24.20 and the Apr 30 puts (NSM PF) closed at 2.80 – 2.90.
NSM’s
PowerRating is
6.

Gannett
(
GCI |
Quote |
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PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 58.81 and
the Apr 60 puts (GCI PL) closed at 1.85 – 1.95.
GCI’s
PowerRating is 5.

Foundry Networks
(
FDRY |
Quote |
Chart |
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PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.

The stock closed at 16.50 and the Apr 17 1/2 calls (OUJ PW) closed at 1.20 – 1.30. 
FDRY’s
Power Rating
is 5.

Weyerhauser
[WYIWY] also had plenty of put buying
relative to call buying. The
stock closed at 72.99 and the Apr 75 puts (WY PO) closed at 2.60 – 2.65. 

WY’s
Power Rating
is 5.

Sunoco
(
SUN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative
to call buying. The stock
closed at 75.37 and the Apr 75 puts (SUN PO) closed at 2.60 – 2.75. SUN’s
Power Rating
is 5.

US Bancorp
(
USB |
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News |
PowerRating) also

had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 31.08 and the Apr 32 1/2 puts (USB PZ) closed at 1.65 – 1.75. 

USB’s
Power Rating
is 5.

Western Digital
(
WDC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.  The
stock closed at 19.74 and the Apr 20 puts (WDC PD) closed at 1.00 – 1.05. 
WDC’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Brice Wightman

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