TradingMarkets 7 Options You Need to Know for Today

• March 8, 2006
• Brice Wightman

Here are 7 options for option
traders for Thursday:

Cyberonics
(
CYBX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
saw a good deal of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 26.50 and the Apr 27 1/2 puts (QAJ PY) closed at 2.75 –
2.85. CYBX ‘s
PowerRating is
4.

Nitromed

(
NTMD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) also had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 8.43 and
the Apr 10  puts (QNR PB) closed at 1.80 – 1.95.
NTMD’s
PowerRating is 6.

First Marblehead
(
FMD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.

The stock closed at 43.39 and the Apr 45 puts (FMD PI) closed at 2.85 – 3.00.
FMD’s
Power Rating
is 2.

The Housing Index
[HGX|HGX] also had plenty of put buying
relative to call buying. The
index closed at 251.94 and the Apr 255 puts (HGX PK) closed at 9.40 – 10.30. 

The iShares Dow Jones Real
Estate

(
IYR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative
to call buying. The ETF
closed at 70.43 and the Apr 71 puts (IYR PS) closed at 1.95 – 2.15. IYR’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Hovnanian
(
HOV |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) also

had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 42.45 and the Apr 40 puts (HOV PH) closed at 1.20 – 1.25. 

HOV’s
Power Rating
is 5.

Excelon
(
EXC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.  The
stock closed at 55.02 and the Apr 55 puts (EXC PK) closed at 1.50 – 1.65. 
EXC’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Brice Wightman

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