Investors interested in trading options should use reliable online brokers with a reputable track record. The industry leaders in online trading are ScotTrade.com, Fidelity.com, OptionsXpress.com, ETRADE.com and InteractiveBrokers.com. Our favorite brokers are ScotTrade, Fidelity Investments and Interactive Brokers. ScotTrade fees are $7 per trade, Fidelity charges $8 and for active traders we recommend Interactive Brokers where each stock and options trade costs only $1. Traders will find latest stock research and analyst reports available to them at anyone of the online brokerages listed above.
Daily Commentary for S&P 500 Companies   S&P 500 Options Alerts

Trading Update for Regal Entertainment Group (RGC)
Posted on 03/08/2010

RGC options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 139 put and 1,227 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.11. There were 8.83 calls traded for each put contract.

Put/Call ratio is often used to measure investor sentiment, the ratio serves as a predictor of investor behavior. A high Put/Call ratio suggests that the investor sentiment is bearish and that investors expect the underlying stock to decrease in value. In contrast, a low Put/Call ratio suggests that the investor sentiment is bullish and that the underlying stock is expected to increase in value. Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is expected to make a move.

Shares of Regal Entertainment Group edged up $1.28 (+8.41%) to $16.50. The stock closed at $15.22 in the previous trading session and opened today at $15.34. The price of the stock ranged between a low of $15.24 and $16.75 respectively. The stock price rose $1.28 (+8.41%) to $16.50 in today's trading session. The trading volume of 4,833,761 is above the 90 day average volume of 1,139,160 shares. RGC is trading above the 50 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $9.77 and 52 week high is $15.47. The stock has a P/E ratio of 24.55 and a dividend yield of 4.73%.

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