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Daily Commentary for S&P 500 Companies S&P 500 Options Alerts
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Options Update for A-Power Energy Generation Systems (APWR)
Posted on 03/10/2010
 APWR options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 2,017 put and 12,774 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.16. There were 6.33 calls traded for each put contract.
Options are useful tools for predicting the movement of the
underlying stock. Put/Call ratio statistics serve as a useful predictor of investment
sentiment, indicating what experienced investors are doing in preparation for a move of an
underlying stock. Thus, unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is
expected to make a move.
A-Power Energy Generation Systems (APWR) closed at $12.33 in the last trading session and opened today at $12.37. APWR is
trading at $12.02, down $0.31 (-2.51%) in today's trading session. The daily
low is $11.90 and the high is $12.38. The trading volume of 2,047,492 is above the
average volume of 1,868,020 shares. APWR is trading below the 50 day moving
average and lower than the 200 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $3.31 and 52 week high is $21.04.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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