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Trading Update for KB Home (KBH)
Posted on 03/10/2010
 KB Home options saw high put activity today. A total of 8,389 put and 722 call contracts were traded raising a high Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 11.62. There were 11.62 puts traded for each call 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.
Shares of KB Home slipped $0.16 (-0.91%) to $17.48.
The stock closed at $17.64 in the last trading session and today the shares of KBH opened at $17.59.
So far today, the stock has hit a low of $17.37 and high of $17.90. The current trading volume of 2,278,548
is less than average volume of 4,194,180 shares.
KBH is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $8.43 and 52 week high is $20.70.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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