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Options Activity for Enterprise Products Partners (EPD)
Posted on 03/04/2010

Enterprise Products Partners options saw high put activity today. A total of 2,098 put and 157 call contracts were traded raising a high Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 13.36. There were 13.36 puts traded for each call contract.

Options can be used as predictors of stock behavior. Investors can use Put/Call ratios as technical indicators to read for signs of institutional sentiment. The Put/Call ratios offer insight to investors and can be used as either a direct or contrarian indicator for trading decisions. Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is expected to make a move.

Shares of Enterprise Products Partners edged down $0.23 (-0.69%) to $32.89. The stock closed at $33.12 in the previous trading session and opened today at $33.15. The price of the stock ranged between a low of $32.56 and $33.20 respectively. The stock price declined $0.23 (-0.69%) to $32.89 in today's trading session. The trading volume of 1,223,706 is above the 90 day average volume of 1,335,130 shares. EPD is trading above the 50 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $17.71 and 52 week high is $33.88. The stock has a P/E ratio of 18.93 and a dividend yield of 6.63%.

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