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Price Alert for Alliant Techsystems (ATK)
Posted on 03/17/2010
 ATK options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 16 put and 1,529 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.01. There were 95.56 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.
Alliant Techsystems closed at $81.33 in the last trading session and opened today at $81.58.
The stock price declined $0.57 (-0.70%) to $80.76 in today's trading session.
ATK is trading between the range of $80.38 - $81.60.
Volume is 535,781 in relation to the three month average volume of 382,698 shares.
ATK is trading below the 50 day moving average and lower
than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $60.76 and 52 week high is $91.39.
by Leo Goldman
Options Analytics Group
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