TradingMarkets 7 options you need to know for today

• May 12, 2006
• Brice Wightman

Here are 7 options for option
traders for Monday:

Capital One
(
COF |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
saw a good deal of put buying.
The stock closed at 86.00 and the Jun 85 puts (CQF RQ) closed at 1.45 – 1.55.
COF’s
PowerRating
is 5.

QLogic
(
QLGC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 18.00 and
the Jun 17 1/2 puts (QLC RW) closed at 0.45 – 0.55.
QLGC’s
PowerRating is
7.

KLA-Tencor
(
KLAC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.

The stock closed at 46.62 and the Jun 47 1/2 puts (KCQ RT) closed at 2.05 –
2.15.  KLAC’s
Power Rating
is 5.

Maxim Integrated Products
[MXIM|MXIM] also had plenty of put buying
relative to call buying. The
stock closed at 31.95 and the Jun 30 puts (XIQ RF) closed at 0.35 – 0.45. 

MXIM’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Hovnanian
(
HOV |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative
to call buying. The stock
closed at 33.67 and the Jun 35 puts (HOV RG) closed at 2.35 – 3.45. HOV’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Mylan
(
MYL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) also

had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 20.85 and the Jun 20 puts (MYL RD) closed at 0.30 – 0.40. 

MYL’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Ryland
(
RYL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.  The
stock closed at 57.67 and the Jun 60 puts (RYL RL) closed at 3.70 – 3.90. RYL’s
Power Rating
is 5.

Brice Wightman

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