TradingMarkets 7 Options You Need to Know for Today

Here are 7 options for option
traders for Thursday:

EchoStar Communications
(
DISH |
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     saw a good deal of put buying relative to call buying.

The stock closed at 29.10 and the Apr 30 puts (UAB PF) closed at 1.50 –
1.55.
DISH ‘s

PowerRating is
5.

Shanda Interactive

(
SNDA |
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also had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 13.18 and
the Apr 80 puts (QKU PC) closed at 2.15 – 2.30.

SNDA’s
PowerRating is 4.

Ryland
(
RYL |
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had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.


The stock closed at 69.78 and the Apr 70 puts (RYL PN) closed at 3.80 – 4.00.

RYL’s

Power Rating

is 5.

The Retail HOLDRs
[RTH|
RTH] also had plenty of put buying
relative to call buying.
The
ETF closed at 97.94 and the Apr 100 puts (RTH PT) closed at 3.20 – 3.40.
 

RTH’s
Power Rating

is 6.

The Natural Gas Index
(
XNG |
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had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.  
The
index closed at 401.35 and the Apr 405 puts (XNZ PA) closed at 13.90 – 18.90.

Baxter International

(
BAX |
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had plenty of put buying relative
to call buying.
The stock
closed at 38.12 and the Apr 40 puts (BAX PH) closed at 2.15 – 2.25. 
BAX’s
Power Rating

is 4.

Electronic Arts
(
ERTS |
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PowerRating)
also

had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 52.03 and the Apr 50 puts (EZQ PJ) closed at 0.20 – 0.25. 

ERTS’s
Power Rating

is 4.

Brice Wightman


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