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Stories for Alcoa Inc.

Alcoa (AA) faces resistance at the 14 level - Beth Gaston Moon, March 09, 2010
Alcoa names new president for Europe - AP, March 04, 2010
Long-term call buying in Alcoa (NYSE: AA) - Beth Gaston Moon, March 04, 2010
Call buying in Alcoa (NYSE: AA) as material stocks rally - Beth Gaston Moon, March 02, 2010
Fitch affirms Alcoa's debt ratings - AP, February 22, 2010
Summary Box: Alcoa CEO earns $11.2M in 2009 - AP, February 19, 2010

Alcoa Inc. AA (NYSE) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 13.85	Chg: +0.34	%Chg: +2.52%	Open: 13.57		Vol: 30.6 M
Bid: 13.84	Ask: 13.85	Size: 99	High: 13.80	Low: 13.52	Avg Vol: 31.3 M

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	Symbol	Shares			Price	Total Cash Required*	Target Gain	ROI	Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade	AA	100			13.85	$693	13.85	200.0%	-$1,385

*Assumes buying stock on margin at 50%; shorting stock on margin at 150%

AA: Chart

AA: Alcoa Inc.

Industry	Metals
Shares Outstanding	1 B
52 Wk Performance Price	135.8%
Dividend	0.12 2010/02/03

Today's High 13.80	P/E --
Today's Low 13.52	EPS -1.23
Open 13.57	Price to Book 13.2
Prev Close 13.51
52 Wk high 17.60	Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 5.22	21 Day 13.48
Market Cap 13.8 B	50 Day 14.14
Yield 0.888	200 Day 12.95

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CALL OPTIONS

PUT OPTIONS

Bid $	Ask $	Chg $	Vol	Opn Int	Series	Bid $	Ask $	Chg $	Vol	Opn Int

- Mar 10 [2 days to expiration]

3.75	3.85	0.30	3	173	Mar 10 10.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	706
2.77	2.81	0.28	161	1612	Mar 10 11.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	7	1857
1.80	1.82	0.29	1,147	4160	Mar 10 12.0	0.01	0.02	-0.01	365	18964
0.80	0.83	0.27	1,752	14147	Mar 10 13.0	0.02	0.03	-0.03	618	22496
0.11	0.12	0.05	6,491	69622	Mar 10 14.0	0.31	0.33	-0.24	1,460	11715
0.01	0.02	0.01	572	12643	Mar 10 15.0	1.21	1.23	-0.29	323	4016
0.00	0.02	0.00	2	6819	Mar 10 16.0	2.20	2.22	-0.30	87	674
0.00	0.02	0.00	4	1919	Mar 10 17.0	3.15	3.25	-0.30	1	115
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	705	Mar 10 18.0	4.15	4.25	-0.30	0	5
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	73	Mar 10 19.0	5.15	5.25	-0.30	0	0
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	46	Mar 10 20.0	6.15	6.25	-0.30	0	0

- Apr 10 [30 days to expiration]

8.70	8.85	0.35	0	35	Apr 10 5.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	1231
5.70	5.85	0.35	0	216	Apr 10 8.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	559
4.75	4.85	0.35	0	391	Apr 10 9.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	2460
3.75	3.85	0.30	0	1457	Apr 10 10.0	0.02	0.03	0.00	10	4022
2.84	2.86	0.27	160	2222	Apr 10 11.0	0.05	0.06	-0.02	31	12344
1.91	1.94	0.25	307	13972	Apr 10 12.0	0.12	0.14	-0.05	374	33382
1.10	1.12	0.18	788	18806	Apr 10 13.0	0.31	0.33	-0.12	3,796	27090
0.51	0.52	0.09	3,145	27745	Apr 10 14.0	0.72	0.74	-0.19	1,293	24318
0.21	0.22	0.05	751	33171	Apr 10 15.0	1.40	1.42	-0.25	222	14605
0.07	0.09	0.02	176	27134	Apr 10 16.0	2.27	2.29	-0.29	88	10516
0.03	0.05	0.01	260	29740	Apr 10 17.0	3.20	3.25	-0.30	1	2845
0.02	0.03	0.00	10	15661	Apr 10 18.0	4.20	4.25	-0.30	0	977
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	2110	Apr 10 19.0	5.15	5.30	-0.35	0	71
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	7003	Apr 10 20.0	6.10	6.65	-0.20	0	233
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	502	Apr 10 21.0	7.15	7.40	-0.30	0	29
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	2124	Apr 10 22.5	7.80	9.70	-0.32	0	204
0.00	0.02	0.00	1	875	Apr 10 25.0	11.15	11.40	-0.30	0	1

- Jul 10 [121 days to expiration]

8.65	8.85	0.30	0	12	Jul 10 5.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	100
6.20	6.40	0.33	0	92	Jul 10 7.5	0.01	0.04	-0.01	0	392
4.85	4.90	0.28	0	128	Jul 10 9.0	0.07	0.09	-0.02	100	1102
3.90	4.00	0.28	62	934	Jul 10 10.0	0.15	0.16	-0.03	0	2322
3.05	3.10	0.23	98	505	Jul 10 11.0	0.29	0.30	-0.05	15	8663
2.29	2.32	0.21	247	1675	Jul 10 12.0	0.51	0.52	-0.09	52	22284
1.63	1.66	0.17	282	21146	Jul 10 13.0	0.84	0.87	-0.12	82	10723
1.10	1.11	0.12	484	27077	Jul 10 14.0	1.31	1.33	-0.17	189	8601
0.70	0.73	0.09	838	47552	Jul 10 15.0	1.91	1.94	-0.20	106	21749
0.43	0.45	0.06	287	5524	Jul 10 16.0	2.64	2.66	-0.23	51	3806
0.25	0.27	0.04	48	4831	Jul 10 17.0	3.45	3.50	-0.25	0	1340
0.14	0.16	0.02	135	4957	Jul 10 18.0	4.30	4.40	-0.30	0	785
0.08	0.10	0.01	0	1859	Jul 10 19.0	5.25	5.35	-0.30	0	274
0.05	0.07	0.01	10	23486	Jul 10 20.0	6.25	6.30	-0.28	0	963
0.02	0.04	0.00	0	1081	Jul 10 21.0	7.20	7.30	-0.30	0	54
0.01	0.03	0.00	0	428	Jul 10 22.5	8.70	8.75	-0.30	0	126
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	1456	Jul 10 25.0	10.55	12.30	-0.12	0	76
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	47	Jul 10 30.0	15.55	17.25	-0.20	0	15

- Oct 10 [212 days to expiration]

6.35	6.40	0.28	0	0	Oct 10 7.5	0.08	0.11	-0.01	0	106
4.95	5.05	0.28	0	106	Oct 10 9.0	0.20	0.23	-0.02	0	310
4.10	4.20	0.25	0	115	Oct 10 10.0	0.34	0.37	-0.04	1	4270
3.30	3.40	0.22	0	30	Oct 10 11.0	0.56	0.58	-0.07	4	441
2.64	2.66	0.20	1	234	Oct 10 12.0	0.85	0.87	-0.10	12	2016
2.03	2.06	0.18	5	2308	Oct 10 13.0	1.24	1.26	-0.12	0	772
1.52	1.55	0.15	72	3222	Oct 10 14.0	1.73	1.76	-0.15	11	921
1.11	1.14	0.12	63	7229	Oct 10 15.0	2.32	2.35	-0.18	0	577
0.80	0.82	0.09	48	451	Oct 10 16.0	2.99	3.05	-0.20	0	101
0.55	0.58	0.06	46	3365	Oct 10 17.0	3.75	3.80	-0.22	0	46
0.38	0.41	0.04	0	323	Oct 10 18.0	4.55	4.65	-0.25	0	24
0.18	0.20	0.02	0	89	Oct 10 20.0	6.35	6.45	-0.28	0	0
0.07	0.08	0.01	0	1	Oct 10 22.5	8.75	8.85	-0.27	0	0
0.02	0.05	0.00	0	0	Oct 10 25.0	11.20	11.30	-0.30	0	0

- Jan 11 [310 days to expiration]

11.00	11.45	0.28	0	238	Jan 11 2.5	0.00	0.03	0.00	0	1671
8.75	8.85	0.30	8	1317	Jan 11 5.0	0.05	0.06	0.00	20	18011
6.40	6.45	0.25	0	2655	Jan 11 7.5	0.18	0.21	-0.02	110	6869
4.30	4.40	0.23	50	11578	Jan 11 10.0	0.57	0.61	-0.05	121	24048
2.66	2.70	0.19	96	36102	Jan 11 12.5	1.38	1.41	-0.11	425	19633
1.49	1.51	0.13	334	24004	Jan 11 15.0	2.68	2.72	-0.17	9	21841
0.77	0.80	0.08	5,347	11288	Jan 11 17.5	4.45	4.55	-0.18	27	2028
0.38	0.42	0.05	47	15857	Jan 11 20.0	6.55	6.65	-0.25	0	1783
0.19	0.22	0.03	0	5061	Jan 11 22.5	8.85	8.95	-0.28	0	301
0.10	0.13	0.01	2	2815	Jan 11 25.0	11.25	11.40	-0.32	0	511
0.04	0.06	0.00	10	3871	Jan 11 30.0	16.15	16.45	-0.30	0	452
0.02	0.04	0.00	0	1743	Jan 11 35.0	20.50	22.45	-0.10	0	148
0.01	0.02	0.00	0	3496	Jan 11 40.0	25.50	27.45	-0.07	0	18

- Jan 12 [674 days to expiration]

10.95	11.45	0.15	0	4	Jan 12 2.5	0.00	0.12	0.00	0	100
7.75	9.60	-0.02	0	56	Jan 12 5.0	0.16	0.18	0.02	1,000	375
6.75	7.05	0.18	0	917	Jan 12 7.5	0.48	0.57	0.00	0	1365
5.00	5.30	0.20	53	2788	Jan 12 10.0	1.21	1.35	0.00	10	7432
3.65	3.90	0.20	60	2953	Jan 12 12.5	2.35	2.43	-0.01	20	7555
2.54	2.70	0.17	84	10954	Jan 12 15.0	3.70	3.80	-0.05	5	5237
1.85	1.97	0.14	0	4384	Jan 12 17.5	5.30	5.55	-0.17	0	310
1.21	1.36	0.08	0	2388	Jan 12 20.0	7.25	7.50	-0.20	0	310
0.81	0.96	0.08	0	700	Jan 12 22.5	9.25	9.60	-0.25	0	150
0.53	0.68	0.03	10	1030	Jan 12 25.0	11.50	11.75	-0.32	1	78