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Unusual Trading Activity for Trinity Industries (TRN)
Posted on 03/17/2010

TRN options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 102 put and 4,559 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.02. There were 44.70 calls traded for each put contract.

Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is expected to make a move. Investors can use the Put/Call ratio statistics to measure trader sentiment. A high Put/Call ratio suggests that the overall investment sentiment is bearish and that investors expect the underlying stock to decrease in value. Conversely, a low Put/Call ratio implies that the overall investor sentiment is bullish based on the large amount of call options.

Shares of Trinity Industries edged up $0.22 (+1.15%) to $19.32. The stock closed at $19.10 in the previous trading session and opened today at $19.02. The price of the stock ranged between a low of $19.02 and $19.42 respectively. The stock price rose $0.22 (+1.15%) to $19.32 in today's trading session. The trading volume of 571,419 is below the 90 day average volume of 903,152 shares. The technical momentum Relative Strengh Index indicator shows overbought conditions. TRN is trading above the 50 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $7.95 and 52 week high is $19.64.

by Leo Goldman
Options Analytics Group

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