TradingMarkets 7 options you need to know for today

• July 12, 2006
• Brice Wightman

Here are 7 options for option
traders for Thursday:

United Technologies
[UTX|UTX] had plenty of put buying
relative to call buying. The
stock closed at 63.16 and the July 60 puts (UTX SL) closed at 0.35 – 0.45.

Beazer Homes
(
BZH |
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PowerRating) also had plenty of put buying relative
to call buying. The stock
closed at 41.38 and the July 40 puts (BZH SH) closed at 0.50 – 0.55.

Zoran
(
ZRAN |
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PowerRating) saw plenty of put buying relative
to call buying.
The stock closed at 21.31 and the July 22 1/2 puts (ZUO SX) closed at 1.40 –
1.55.

Comverse Technology
(
CMVT |
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News |
PowerRating)
also had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.  The
stock closed at 18.28 and the July 20 puts (CQV SD) closed at 1.80 – 1.90.

Kraft
(
KFT |
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News |
PowerRating)
saw a good deal of put buying.
The stock closed at 30.61 and the July 30 puts (KFT SF) closed at 0.10 –
0.20.

Bed Bath & Beyond
(
BBBY |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
also saw a good deal of put buying.
The stock closed at 32.21 and
the July 32 1/2 puts (BHQ SZ) closed at 0.60 – 0.70.

Petsmart
(
PETM |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.

The stock closed at 23.76 and the July 22 1/2 puts (QPT SX) closed at 0.05
– 0.20.

Brice Wightman

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