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Activision Blizzard Inc ATVI (NASDAQ) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 11.52 Chg: -0.02 %Chg: -0.17% Open: 11.52   Vol: 16.6 M
Bid: 11.52 Ask: 11.60 Size: 4 High: 11.66 Low: 11.47 Avg Vol: 14.6 M

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ATVI is currently trading at 11.52
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Sentiment: Bearish

Symbol Shares Price Total Cash Required* Target Gain ROI Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade ATVI 100     11.52 $576 11.52 200.0% -$1,152

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

ATVI: Chart

ATVI: Activision Blizzard Inc

Industry Software
Shares Outstanding 1.2 B
52 Wk Performance Price 16.8%
Dividend 0.15    2010/02/18
Today's High 11.66 P/E 128.2
Today's Low 11.47 EPS 0.09
Open 11.52 Price to Book 8.6
Prev Close 11.54
52 Wk high 13.14 Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 9.26 21 Day 10.99
Market Cap 14.4 B 50 Day 10.76
Yield 1.3 200 Day 11.58

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PUT OPTIONS
Bid $ Ask $ Chg $ Vol Opn Int Series Bid $ Ask $ Chg $ Vol Opn Int
- Mar 10 [3 days to expiration]
5.55 5.70 0.10 0 0 Mar 10 6.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0
4.55 4.70 0.10 0 0 Mar 10 7.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0
3.55 3.70 0.10 0 10 Mar 10 8.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 10
2.54 2.65 0.08 5 122 Mar 10 9.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 3222
1.56 1.64 0.06 15 1963 Mar 10 10.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 4309
0.60 0.64 0.10 237 10691 Mar 10 11.0 0.00 0.02 -0.02 211 6244
0.03 0.05 0.02 372 5691 Mar 10 12.0 0.39 0.44 -0.08 0 1061
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 89 Mar 10 13.0 1.35 1.47 -0.05 0 10
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0 Mar 10 14.0 2.34 2.44 -0.09 0 2
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0 Mar 10 15.0 3.30 3.45 -0.10 0 0
- Apr 10 [31 days to expiration]
5.55 5.70 0.10 0 0 Apr 10 6.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 0
4.55 4.70 0.07 0 0 Apr 10 7.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 0
3.55 3.70 0.08 0 0 Apr 10 8.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 0
2.57 2.67 0.06 0 5 Apr 10 9.0 0.00 0.04 0.00 0 90
1.59 1.69 0.06 20 254 Apr 10 10.0 0.03 0.05 -0.01 0 1935
0.77 0.80 0.04 4 1021 Apr 10 11.0 0.16 0.17 -0.04 402 2534
0.21 0.24 0.00 152 686 Apr 10 12.0 0.58 0.61 -0.08 1,000 2052
0.03 0.05 -0.01 1 125 Apr 10 13.0 1.39 1.47 -0.08 0 10
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 0 Apr 10 14.0 2.36 2.46 -0.06 0 0
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 0 Apr 10 15.0 3.30 3.45 -0.10 0 0
- May 10 [66 days to expiration]
6.50 6.70 0.05 0 0 May 10 5.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 0
5.50 5.70 0.05 0 26 May 10 6.0 0.00 0.04 0.00 0 0
4.50 4.70 0.03 0 0 May 10 7.0 0.00 0.05 0.01 0 0
3.55 3.70 0.05 0 196 May 10 8.0 0.01 0.03 -0.01 0 125
2.61 2.71 0.06 26 357 May 10 9.0 0.05 0.07 0.00 90 534
1.75 1.80 0.07 19 1584 May 10 10.0 0.13 0.16 -0.02 20 5632
0.97 1.00 0.05 13 5670 May 10 11.0 0.35 0.37 -0.04 290 4741
0.44 0.45 0.01 148 11992 May 10 12.0 0.81 0.83 -0.06 0 1822
0.16 0.17 0.00 76 12389 May 10 13.0 1.52 1.57 -0.07 0 166
0.06 0.07 0.00 0 3166 May 10 14.0 2.41 2.51 -0.06 0 361
0.01 0.04 -0.01 0 1053 May 10 15.0 3.35 3.45 -0.07 0 3
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 293 May 10 16.0 4.35 4.45 -0.08 0 40
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 0 May 10 17.5 5.85 5.95 -0.08 0 0
- Aug 10 [157 days to expiration]
5.55 5.75 0.10 0 0 Aug 10 6.0 0.00 0.06 0.00 0 0
4.55 4.75 0.08 0 0 Aug 10 7.0 0.01 0.07 -0.01 0 31
3.60 3.80 0.07 0 52 Aug 10 8.0 0.08 0.11 -0.02 10 71
2.72 2.87 0.07 0 73 Aug 10 9.0 0.18 0.21 -0.01 0 294
1.98 2.05 0.06 0 590 Aug 10 10.0 0.37 0.39 -0.02 0 2569
1.30 1.36 0.06 30 3972 Aug 10 11.0 0.67 0.69 -0.04 15 4544
0.78 0.81 0.03 5 4059 Aug 10 12.0 1.13 1.17 -0.06 0 367
0.41 0.44 0.01 11 3124 Aug 10 13.0 1.76 1.80 -0.08 10 35
0.20 0.23 0.01 50 276 Aug 10 14.0 2.55 2.61 -0.07 0 96
0.09 0.12 0.01 0 165 Aug 10 15.0 3.40 3.55 -0.10 0 10
- Jan 11 [311 days to expiration]
8.90 9.25 0.02 0 5 Jan 11 2.5 0.00 0.05 0.00 0 0
6.55 6.80 0.08 1 203 Jan 11 5.0 0.00 0.05 0.00 0 48
4.25 4.40 0.07 19 1514 Jan 11 7.5 0.16 0.21 -0.01 0 810
2.32 2.42 0.04 92 3010 Jan 11 10.0 0.67 0.73 -0.04 0 2077
1.01 1.08 0.01 4 3658 Jan 11 12.5 1.83 1.90 -0.06 1 1418
0.35 0.40 0.00 118 5066 Jan 11 15.0 3.65 3.80 -0.05 0 524
0.10 0.17 0.00 0 838 Jan 11 17.5 5.90 6.10 -0.05 0 7
0.01 0.09 0.00 0 220 Jan 11 20.0 8.30 8.55 -0.05 0 12
0.00 0.07 0.00 0 145 Jan 11 22.5 10.80 11.05 -0.05 0 0
0.00 0.06 0.00 0 227 Jan 11 25.0 13.25 13.55 -0.08 0 0
- Jan 12 [675 days to expiration]
4.60 4.85 0.05 0 389 Jan 12 7.5 0.50 0.62 0.01 0 282
2.92 3.10 0.06 12 2106 Jan 12 10.0 1.25 1.37 -0.02 0 1103
1.80 1.91 0.05 18 13879 Jan 12 12.5 2.55 2.67 -0.01 24 10560
1.04 1.17 0.03 0 307 Jan 12 15.0 4.25 4.45 -0.08 0 134
0.65 0.70 0.04 0 225 Jan 12 17.5 6.25 6.55 -0.05 0 23
0.28 0.42 0.01 0 0 Jan 12 20.0 8.50 8.70 -0.07 0 0