TradingMarkets 7 options you need to know for today

• April 17, 2006
• Brice Wightman

Here are 7 options for option
traders for Tuesday April 18:

Openwave Systems
(
OPWV |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
saw a good deal of put buying.
The stock closed at 20.83 and the May 20 puts (UMN QD) closed at 0.90 –
0.95. OPWV’s
PowerRating is
6.

Whirlpool
(
WHR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 90.99 and
the May 90 puts (WHR QR) closed at 2.55 – 2.70.
WHR’s
PowerRating is
5.

PF Chang’s
(
PFCB |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.

The stock closed at 44.06 and the May 40 puts (HUO QI) closed at 1.15 –
1.30. 
BJ’s
Power Rating
is 5.

Humana
[HUM|HUM] also had plenty of put buying
relative to call buying. The
stock closed at 47.09 and the May 50 puts (HUM QJ) closed at 3.80 – 4.00. 

HUM’s
Power Rating
is 5.

Chico’s FAS
(
CHS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative
to call buying. The stock
closed at 35.40 and the May 20 puts (CHS QG) closed at 1.25 – 1.30. CHS’s
Power Rating
is 6.

Centex
(
CTX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) also

had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.
The stock closed at 59.66 and the May 60 puts (CTX QL) closed at 2.55 – 2.65. 

CTX’s
Power Rating
is 5.

Real Networks
(
RNWK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) had plenty of put buying relative to call buying.  The
stock closed at 10.07 and the May 10 puts (QRN QB) closed at 0.45 – 0.55. RNWK’s
Power Rating
is 3.

Brice Wightman