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Unusual Trading Activity for Novell Inc (NOVL)
Posted on 03/12/2010
 Unusual volume of put contracts was traded today. There were 2,136 puts contracts versus the ten day average volume of 399. On the calls side, 3,712 calls contracts were traded. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.58. There were 1.74 calls traded for each put contract.
Options can be used as predictors of stock behavior. Investors can
use Put/Call ratios as technical indicators to read for signs of institutional sentiment. The
Put/Call ratios offer insight to investors and can be used as either a direct or contrarian
indicator for trading decisions. Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is
expected to make a move.
Shares of Novell Inc slipped $0.09 (-1.55%) to $5.71.
The stock closed at $5.80 in the last trading session and today the shares of NOVL opened at $5.82.
So far today, the stock has hit a low of $5.70 and high of $5.85. The current trading volume of 11,474,442
is greater than average volume of 8,165,440 shares.
NOVL is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $3.32 and 52 week high is $6.15.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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