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Options Update for Hansen Natural Corporation (HANS)
Posted on 03/17/2010
 HANS options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 109 put and 1,790 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.06. There were 16.42 calls traded for each put 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 Hansen Natural Corporation gained $0.38 (+0.90%) to $42.58.
The stock closed at $42.20 in the last trading session and today the shares of HANS opened at $42.31.
So far today, the stock has hit a low of $42.25 and high of $43.09. The current trading volume of 623,340
is less than average volume of 785,688 shares.
HANS is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $27.91 and 52 week high is $44.02.
by Leo Goldman
Options Analytics Group
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