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Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Leaps Almost 20%

Jared Levy discusses Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (BBBY), Investment Technology Group Inc. (ITG), and Ryder System, Inc. (R).

by ONN Crew April 8, 2009 10:40 EDT Related Symbols: BBBY, ITG, R

BBBY: $30.38 up $4.8700 or 19.09% volume: 8.12 million shares

May09 29.00 Puts: volume over 3206, trading last: $1.45 bid: $1.45 ask: $1.55 OI: 31

Apr09 29.00 Puts: volume over 3448, trading last: $0.64 bid: $0.60 ask: $0.65 OI: 88

Straddle: Apr09 30.00 trading $2.3500 price over strike: 7.8333%

Prev. Day Straddle: Apr09 26.00 trading $2.6500 price over strike: 10.1923%

BuyWrite: Nov09 31.00 Calls Yielding 14.32% call: $4.35

Prev. Day BuyWrite: Nov09 26.00 Calls Yielding 13.17% call: $4.00

ITG: $21.84 down $4.8400 or 18.14% volume: 0.75 million shares

Straddle: Apr09 22.50 trading $2.5500 price over strike: 11.3333%

Prev. Day Straddle: Apr09 25.00 trading $2.7000 price over strike: 10.8000%

BuyWrite: Oct09 22.50 Calls Yielding 17.63% call: $3.85

Prev. Day BuyWrite: Oct09 30.00 Calls Yielding 15.11% call: $3.30

R: $25.71 down $3.8500 or 13.02% volume: 0.91 million shares

Straddle: Apr09 25.00 trading $3.1500 price over strike: 12.6000%

Prev. Day Straddle: Apr09 30.00 trading $2.9500 price over strike: 9.8333%

BuyWrite: Nov09 27.50 Calls Yielding 18.09% call: $4.65

Prev. Day BuyWrite: Nov09 30.00 Calls Yielding 22.36% call: $5.75

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