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Bank of America Corp. BAC (NYSE) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 17.26 Chg: +0.23 %Chg: +1.35% Open: 17.17   Vol: 133.7 M
Bid: 17.26 Ask: 17.27 Size: 110 High: 17.30 Low: 17.02 Avg Vol: 154.4 M

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BAC is currently trading at 17.26
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Sentiment: Bearish

Symbol Shares Price Total Cash Required* Target Gain ROI Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade BAC 100     17.26 $863 17.26 200.0% -$1,726

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

BAC: Chart

BAC: Bank of America Corp.

Industry Banks
Shares Outstanding 10 B
52 Wk Performance Price 175.6%
Dividend 0.04    2010/03/03
Today's High 17.30 P/E --
Today's Low 17.02 EPS -0.29
Open 17.17 Price to Book 19.6
Prev Close 17.03
52 Wk high 19.10 Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 5.80 21 Day 16.45
Market Cap 170.8 B 50 Day 15.96
Yield 0.235 200 Day 15.43

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- Mar 10 [2 days to expiration]
9.70 9.80 0.20 10 43 Mar 10 7.5 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 3884
7.25 7.30 0.22 0 120 Mar 10 10.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 8640
5.20 5.30 0.20 32 7385 Mar 10 12.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 100 30948
4.25 4.30 0.22 84 1735 Mar 10 13.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 146903
3.25 3.30 0.25 214 12865 Mar 10 14.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 13 71837
2.25 2.28 0.22 2,165 76776 Mar 10 15.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 116318
1.26 1.28 0.23 6,817 143042 Mar 10 16.0 0.00 0.01 -0.01 5,354 171967
0.32 0.33 0.13 32,242 174344 Mar 10 17.0 0.06 0.07 -0.08 20,764 67986
0.01 0.02 0.00 13,340 63661 Mar 10 18.0 0.74 0.76 -0.22 1,480 12671
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 16262 Mar 10 19.0 1.73 1.75 -0.22 369 3993
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 9392 Mar 10 20.0 2.72 2.75 -0.22 110 1888
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 361 Mar 10 21.0 3.70 3.75 -0.25 194 1133
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 479 Mar 10 22.5 5.20 5.25 -0.22 0 10
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 10 Mar 10 25.0 7.70 7.75 -0.22 0 0
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 0 Mar 10 30.0 12.70 12.75 -0.22 0 0
- Apr 10 [30 days to expiration]
5.10 5.35 0.22 0 205 Apr 10 12.0 0.03 0.04 0.01 180 1237
4.25 4.35 0.25 4 450 Apr 10 13.0 0.05 0.06 0.02 30,732 9393
3.30 3.35 0.20 234 2251 Apr 10 14.0 0.07 0.08 0.01 337 31508
2.37 2.39 0.20 1,251 6479 Apr 10 15.0 0.11 0.12 -0.02 3,263 26739
1.48 1.50 0.15 1,573 22052 Apr 10 16.0 0.22 0.23 -0.06 3,731 59618
0.75 0.76 0.09 23,106 70672 Apr 10 17.0 0.48 0.50 -0.13 5,355 30732
0.29 0.30 0.04 14,122 64900 Apr 10 18.0 1.02 1.03 -0.19 1,984 5672
0.09 0.10 0.02 1,524 7379 Apr 10 19.0 1.81 1.84 -0.21 199 1797
0.03 0.04 0.01 1,578 3007 Apr 10 20.0 2.75 2.78 -0.21 105 846
- May 10 [65 days to expiration]
12.05 12.35 0.20 0 238 May 10 5.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 2198
9.60 9.85 0.23 10 1291 May 10 7.5 0.01 0.03 0.00 0 2740
7.10 7.40 0.18 40 3523 May 10 10.0 0.04 0.05 0.00 10 18493
6.30 6.35 0.20 0 14530 May 10 11.0 0.06 0.07 0.00 0 16411
5.30 5.40 0.23 160 12272 May 10 12.0 0.08 0.09 0.00 1 39952
4.35 4.40 0.20 242 7396 May 10 13.0 0.11 0.12 -0.01 377 70435
3.40 3.45 0.20 102 20662 May 10 14.0 0.17 0.18 -0.02 520 91730
2.53 2.55 0.16 2,637 74792 May 10 15.0 0.27 0.29 -0.04 1,457 126455
1.73 1.75 0.14 2,463 111553 May 10 16.0 0.46 0.47 -0.09 1,734 84275
1.06 1.08 0.09 13,992 128504 May 10 17.0 0.79 0.80 -0.12 1,831 58113
0.59 0.60 0.07 7,512 117878 May 10 18.0 1.31 1.33 -0.17 556 36745
0.29 0.31 0.04 2,969 48387 May 10 19.0 2.01 2.04 -0.19 75 45245
0.14 0.15 0.01 460 168006 May 10 20.0 2.86 2.89 -0.20 62 13458
0.06 0.07 0.00 79 16590 May 10 21.0 3.75 3.85 -0.23 6 4419
0.03 0.04 0.00 35 28257 May 10 22.0 4.75 4.80 -0.20 47 3640
0.01 0.02 0.00 178 7670 May 10 25.0 7.65 7.95 -0.17 0 1127
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 1943 May 10 30.0 12.65 12.95 -0.20 0 0
- Aug 10 [156 days to expiration]
12.10 12.35 0.23 0 62 Aug 10 5.0 0.01 0.02 0.00 0 3106
9.60 9.85 0.12 0 299 Aug 10 7.5 0.04 0.05 0.00 0 2332
7.35 7.40 0.20 20 1851 Aug 10 10.0 0.11 0.12 -0.01 8 4585
6.40 6.45 0.20 22 1058 Aug 10 11.0 0.16 0.17 -0.02 36 5537
5.45 5.55 0.20 18 1089 Aug 10 12.0 0.23 0.25 -0.02 490 17802
4.60 4.65 0.20 91 7872 Aug 10 13.0 0.34 0.36 -0.02 345 21890
3.75 3.80 0.20 115 7638 Aug 10 14.0 0.49 0.51 -0.04 208 55467
2.97 3.00 0.16 448 39984 Aug 10 15.0 0.71 0.72 -0.06 256 61579
2.27 2.29 0.13 565 32573 Aug 10 16.0 1.00 1.02 -0.08 924 47120
1.67 1.69 0.11 7,641 45318 Aug 10 17.0 1.40 1.42 -0.10 815 24148
1.18 1.20 0.09 986 52641 Aug 10 18.0 1.91 1.93 -0.13 5,835 17411
0.80 0.82 0.06 603 41697 Aug 10 19.0 2.53 2.55 -0.15 40 3248
0.53 0.54 0.04 1,152 49039 Aug 10 20.0 3.25 3.30 -0.15 127 4673
0.17 0.18 0.01 282 13386 Aug 10 22.5 5.35 5.45 -0.20 13 223
0.06 0.07 0.01 186 6384 Aug 10 25.0 7.75 7.85 -0.20 0 378
0.01 0.02 0.00 0 1544 Aug 10 30.0 12.70 12.80 -0.20 0 97
- Jan 11 [310 days to expiration]
14.70 14.80 0.23 101 6963 Jan 11 2.5 0.02 0.03 0.00 0 46565
12.25 12.35 0.20 0 6290 Jan 11 2.5 * 0.00 0.06 0.00 0 968
12.20 12.35 0.22 40 51798 Jan 11 5.0 0.06 0.07 0.00 0 57335
9.80 9.95 0.25 0 760 Jan 11 5.0 * 0.05 0.09 0.00 0 1160
9.80 9.95 0.20 9 49353 Jan 11 7.5 0.14 0.15 0.00 46 71369
7.30 7.55 0.18 0 567 Jan 11 7.5 * 0.16 0.20 -0.01 0 6734
7.55 7.60 0.20 349 58254 Jan 11 10.0 0.33 0.34 -0.01 57 103374
5.20 5.35 0.22 10 2076 Jan 11 10.0 * 0.43 0.46 -0.03 0 1876
5.40 5.50 0.17 488 102972 Jan 11 12.5 0.66 0.68 -0.04 918 196795
3.25 3.40 0.17 2 44933 Jan 11 12.5 * 0.96 1.02 -0.05 0 4865
3.55 3.60 0.15 3,205 184522 Jan 11 15.0 1.30 1.32 -0.08 2,537 224172
1.77 1.87 0.09 12 13075 Jan 11 15.0 * 1.97 2.08 -0.06 0 7997
2.13 2.16 0.11 9,990 217807 Jan 11 17.5 2.34 2.38 -0.11 9,453 83313
0.87 0.92 0.06 28 2829 Jan 11 17.5 * 3.50 3.70 -0.12 25 2038
1.16 1.18 0.06 1,612 414534 Jan 11 20.0 3.85 3.90 -0.15 180 83650
0.38 0.42 0.02 20 8099 Jan 11 20.0 * 5.45 5.75 -0.18 0 1330
0.60 0.62 0.04 2,314 72395 Jan 11 22.5 5.75 5.85 -0.20 25 17877
0.15 0.19 0.00 0 1395 Jan 11 22.5 * 7.75 8.00 -0.15 0 499
0.30 0.31 0.02 503 226765 Jan 11 25.0 7.95 8.05 -0.20 2 29022
0.06 0.10 0.00 0 2436 Jan 11 25.0 * 10.20 10.45 -0.12 0 1592
0.09 0.10 0.01 3,370 249782 Jan 11 30.0 12.75 12.85 -0.20 0 10101
0.00 0.06 0.00 0 2398 Jan 11 30.0 * 15.10 15.40 -0.15 0 592
0.03 0.06 0.00 10 40990 Jan 11 35.0 17.70 17.80 -0.23 0 5089
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 1760 Jan 11 35.0 * 20.10 20.25 -0.25 0 124
0.01 0.03 -0.01 0 44773 Jan 11 40.0 22.65 22.80 -0.25 0 2589
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 639 Jan 11 40.0 * 25.10 25.45 -0.17 0 168
0.01 0.03 -0.01 0 8634 Jan 11 45.0 27.65 27.85 -0.20 0 2319
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 170 Jan 11 45.0 * 30.10 30.45 -0.17 0 214
0.01 0.04 0.00 0 6409 Jan 11 50.0 32.65 32.80 -0.25 0 228
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 190 Jan 11 50.0 * 35.10 35.45 -0.12 0 641
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 4570 Jan 11 55.0 37.65 37.85 -0.22 0 882
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 19454 Jan 11 60.0 42.65 43.00 -0.15 0 12
- Jan 12 [674 days to expiration]
14.55 14.85 0.15 0 164 Jan 12 2.5 0.05 0.07 0.00 77 2337
12.35 12.45 0.27 0 577 Jan 12 5.0 0.15 0.17 -0.02 30 2018
10.05 10.15 0.23 55 4393 Jan 12 7.5 0.35 0.41 0.00 0 6366
7.95 8.10 0.20 27 8714 Jan 12 10.0 0.73 0.78 -0.02 0 19273
6.10 6.20 0.17 355 25459 Jan 12 12.5 1.30 1.36 -0.04 662 23512
4.50 4.60 0.15 1,439 97605 Jan 12 15.0 2.15 2.21 -0.08 325 25784
3.20 3.30 0.10 611 58905 Jan 12 17.5 3.30 3.40 -0.10 251 30811
2.24 2.28 0.08 4,085 91841 Jan 12 20.0 4.75 4.90 -0.12 1,928 21646
1.52 1.55 0.06 290 22383 Jan 12 22.5 6.50 6.65 -0.18 90 9648
0.99 1.05 0.03 127 29356 Jan 12 25.0 8.50 8.65 -0.20 0 3732
0.49 0.50 0.02 362 38431 Jan 12 30.0 12.95 13.10 -0.20 4 3939