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Daily Options Trading for Synaptics,orporated (SYNA)
Posted on 03/10/2010
 Synaptics,orporated options saw high put activity today. A total of 2,747 put and 286 call contracts were traded raising a high Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 9.60. There were 9.60 puts traded for each call 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 Synaptics,orporated slipped $0.07 (-0.27%) to $25.99.
The stock closed at $26.06 in the last trading session and today the shares of SYNA opened at $26.09.
So far today, the stock has hit a low of $25.68 and high of $26.14. The current trading volume of 496,586
is less than average volume of 838,943 shares.
SYNA is trading below the 50 day moving average and lower than the 200 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $20.80 and 52 week high is $40.94.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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