Options Activity for Liberty Media Corp (Starz) (LSTZA)

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Options Activity for Liberty Media Corp (Starz) (LSTZA)
Posted on 02/26/2010

LSTZA options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 20 put and 2,157 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.01. There were 107.85 calls traded for each put contract.

Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is expected to make a move. Investors can use the Put/Call ratio statistics to measure trader sentiment. A high Put/Call ratio suggests that the overall investment sentiment is bearish and that investors expect the underlying stock to decrease in value. Conversely, a low Put/Call ratio implies that the overall investor sentiment is bullish based on the large amount of call options.

Shares of Liberty Media Corp (Starz) edged up $0.95 (+1.90%) to $50.93. The stock closed at $49.98 in the previous trading session and opened today at $49.41. The price of the stock ranged between a low of $47.84 and $51.00 respectively. The stock price rose $0.95 (+1.90%) to $50.93 in today's trading session. The trading volume of 482,107 is above the 90 day average volume of 461,516 shares. LSTZA is trading above the 50 day moving average. Liberty Media Corp (Starz) has earnings per share of $-1.21. The stock's 52 week low is $16.41 and 52 week high is $51.50.

Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
sasha.gelf@marketintellisearch.com

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