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Trading Update for United Therapeutics Corporation (UTHR)
Posted on 03/04/2010
 UTHR options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 76 put and 1,659 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.05. There were 21.83 calls traded for each put 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 United Therapeutics Corporation slipped $1.02 (-1.74%) to $57.57.
The stock closed at $58.59 in the last trading session and today the shares of UTHR opened at $58.24.
So far today, the stock has hit a low of $56.87 and high of $58.26. The current trading volume of 580,255
is less than average volume of 794,880 shares.
UTHR is trading above the 50 day moving average and lower than the 200 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $27.345 and 52 week high is $99.83.
Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
sasha.gelf@marketintellisearch.com
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