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Options Trader Alert for Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK)
Posted on 03/09/2010
 Unusual volume of call contracts was traded today. There were 86,945 call contracts traded compared to the ten day average volume of 16,573 contracts. On the put side, 22,296 put contracts exchanged hands. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.26. There were 3.90 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.
Chesapeake Energy Corp closed at $25.59 in the last trading session and opened today at $25.45.
The stock price rose $0.07 (+0.27%) to $25.66 in today's trading session.
CHK is trading between the range of $25.32 - $26.24.
Volume is 27,228,516 in relation to the three month average volume of 13,765,100 shares.
CHK is trading below the 50 day moving average and higher
than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $13.70 and 52 week high is $30.00.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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