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Stories for CHESAPEAKE ENERGY OKLAHOMA

Judge tosses suit disputing Chesapeake CEO's bonus - AP, March 01, 2010
Anadarko, Mitsui agree to Marcellus Shale venture - AP, February 17, 2010
MidnightTrader's After-Hours News Movers - MidnightTrader.com, February 16, 2010
Buying long-term protection in Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK) - Jud Pyle, February 09, 2010
Bull and Bear Option Trades in Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK) - ONN Crew, January 26, 2010
Market Drops Following CPI, J.P. Morgan Earnings Spark Selling - Karla Yeh, January 15, 2010

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY OKLAHOMA CHK (NYSE) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 25.59	Chg: -0.20	%Chg: -0.78%	Open: 25.92		Vol: 10.9 M
Bid: 25.56	Ask: 25.59	Size: 5	High: 25.98	Low: 25.46	Avg Vol: 12.6 M

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	Symbol	Shares			Price	Total Cash Required*	Target Gain	ROI	Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade	CHK	100			25.59	$1,280	25.59	200.0%	-$2,559

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

CHK: Chart

CHK: CHESAPEAKE ENERGY OKLAHOMA

Industry	Oil & Gas
Shares Outstanding	651.9 M
52 Wk Performance Price	65.2%
Dividend	0.30 2010/03/30

Today's High 25.98	P/E --
Today's Low 25.46	EPS -9.57
Open 25.92	Price to Book 16.7
Prev Close 25.79
52 Wk high 30.00	Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 15.00	21 Day 26.21
Market Cap 16.8 B	50 Day 26.53
Yield 1.163	200 Day 24.57

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CALL OPTIONS

PUT OPTIONS

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

- Mar 10 [6 days to expiration]

7.90	8.20	-0.22	0	8	Mar 10 17.5	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	233
5.45	5.75	-0.18	0	66	Mar 10 20.0	0.00	0.03	0.00	0	1013
4.45	4.75	-0.18	0	137	Mar 10 21.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	562
3.60	3.65	-0.20	0	233	Mar 10 22.0	0.00	0.03	0.00	0	1314
2.62	2.65	-0.21	0	2430	Mar 10 23.0	0.02	0.03	-0.01	0	1496
1.66	1.70	-0.20	0	1807	Mar 10 24.0	0.06	0.07	-0.01	0	4735
0.80	0.83	-0.19	0	7372	Mar 10 25.0	0.20	0.22	0.01	0	11632
0.25	0.27	-0.12	0	11683	Mar 10 26.0	0.64	0.66	0.07	0	5228
0.06	0.08	-0.03	0	11227	Mar 10 27.0	1.43	1.47	0.15	0	4252
0.01	0.03	-0.02	0	12910	Mar 10 28.0	2.38	2.43	0.18	0	1846
0.01	0.03	-0.01	0	17274	Mar 10 29.0	3.35	3.45	0.18	0	730
0.00	0.02	-0.01	0	8700	Mar 10 30.0	4.35	4.45	0.20	0	705
0.00	0.03	0.00	0	1117	Mar 10 31.0	5.30	5.60	0.25	0	122
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	568	Mar 10 32.0	6.30	6.60	0.22	0	125
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	576	Mar 10 35.0	9.30	9.60	0.23	0	30

- Apr 10 [34 days to expiration]

12.90	13.25	-0.12	0	23	Apr 10 12.5	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	630
10.40	10.70	-0.18	0	277	Apr 10 15.0	0.00	0.03	0.00	0	919
7.45	7.85	-0.08	0	219	Apr 10 18.0	0.01	0.04	0.00	0	2711
6.45	6.85	-0.08	0	394	Apr 10 19.0	0.02	0.03	-0.02	0	1262
5.60	5.65	-0.20	0	33011	Apr 10 20.0	0.05	0.06	0.00	0	13866
4.65	4.70	-0.20	0	869	Apr 10 21.0	0.09	0.11	0.00	0	3450
3.70	3.75	-0.23	0	2755	Apr 10 22.0	0.16	0.18	0.00	0	6438
2.84	2.87	-0.19	0	1717	Apr 10 23.0	0.29	0.31	0.01	0	18224
2.05	2.08	-0.18	0	2706	Apr 10 24.0	0.51	0.52	0.01	0	18542
1.39	1.42	-0.15	0	15674	Apr 10 25.0	0.85	0.87	0.04	0	11647
0.88	0.90	-0.13	0	8431	Apr 10 26.0	1.34	1.36	0.07	0	6908
0.53	0.54	-0.10	0	16977	Apr 10 27.0	1.98	2.01	0.10	0	2980
0.30	0.31	-0.06	0	14112	Apr 10 28.0	2.74	2.78	0.12	0	2525
0.16	0.18	-0.04	0	18285	Apr 10 29.0	3.60	3.65	0.15	0	2195
0.09	0.10	-0.02	0	34884	Apr 10 30.0	4.50	4.60	0.18	0	1211
0.05	0.06	-0.02	0	4587	Apr 10 31.0	5.45	5.55	0.18	0	497
0.02	0.05	0.00	0	2443	Apr 10 32.0	6.45	6.55	0.20	0	185
0.01	0.03	-0.01	0	5969	Apr 10 33.0	7.40	7.65	0.15	0	398
0.01	0.03	0.00	0	870	Apr 10 34.0	8.25	8.65	0.18	0	76
0.00	0.03	0.00	0	17435	Apr 10 35.0	9.25	9.60	0.12	0	443
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	1986	Apr 10 40.0	14.20	14.65	0.07	0	136

- Jul 10 [125 days to expiration]

12.90	13.35	-0.10	0	13	Jul 10 12.5	0.04	0.07	0.00	0	399
10.60	10.70	-0.20	0	19172	Jul 10 15.0	0.10	0.12	-0.01	0	512
8.20	8.35	-0.18	0	13	Jul 10 17.5	0.23	0.25	0.00	0	1435
6.85	6.95	-0.20	0	72	Jul 10 19.0	0.37	0.39	0.00	0	2155
6.00	6.10	-0.17	0	250	Jul 10 20.0	0.50	0.52	0.00	0	2319
5.15	5.25	-0.20	0	190	Jul 10 21.0	0.67	0.69	0.01	0	4934
4.35	4.45	-0.20	0	1065	Jul 10 22.0	0.89	0.91	0.01	0	5984
3.65	3.75	-0.15	0	574	Jul 10 23.0	1.17	1.20	0.03	0	1946
3.00	3.05	-0.17	0	3048	Jul 10 24.0	1.52	1.54	0.03	0	2111
2.43	2.47	-0.14	0	5546	Jul 10 25.0	1.93	1.96	0.05	0	2444
1.92	1.95	-0.13	0	3961	Jul 10 26.0	2.42	2.46	0.07	0	1459
1.49	1.51	-0.12	0	2918	Jul 10 27.0	2.99	3.05	0.09	0	5238
1.13	1.16	-0.10	0	1800	Jul 10 28.0	3.60	3.70	0.08	0	1098
0.85	0.88	-0.08	0	2582	Jul 10 29.0	4.35	4.40	0.12	0	815
0.63	0.65	-0.06	0	10088	Jul 10 30.0	5.10	5.20	0.12	0	1218
0.45	0.48	-0.06	0	1423	Jul 10 31.0	5.95	6.00	0.15	0	69
0.28	0.30	-0.03	0	1094	Jul 10 32.5	7.25	7.35	0.15	0	209
0.11	0.13	-0.02	0	2194	Jul 10 35.0	9.55	9.70	0.18	0	117
0.03	0.05	0.00	0	999	Jul 10 40.0	14.45	14.60	0.17	0	173

- Oct 10 [216 days to expiration]

10.75	10.85	-0.20	0	1	Oct 10 15.0	0.29	0.32	0.00	0	191
8.50	8.60	-0.18	0	0	Oct 10 17.5	0.54	0.57	0.00	0	110
6.40	6.50	-0.20	0	42	Oct 10 20.0	0.97	1.01	0.01	0	97
4.25	4.35	-0.20	0	51	Oct 10 23.0	1.83	1.88	0.03	0	313
3.65	3.75	-0.15	0	37	Oct 10 24.0	2.23	2.27	0.05	0	383
3.10	3.20	-0.15	0	169	Oct 10 25.0	2.67	2.72	0.06	0	808
2.63	2.68	-0.12	0	82	Oct 10 26.0	3.15	3.25	0.08	0	156
2.19	2.24	-0.12	0	71	Oct 10 27.0	3.70	3.80	0.05	0	155
1.81	1.86	-0.11	0	855	Oct 10 28.0	4.35	4.45	0.10	0	9
1.48	1.52	-0.10	0	156	Oct 10 29.0	5.00	5.10	0.10	0	52
1.21	1.24	-0.08	0	283	Oct 10 30.0	5.70	5.80	0.10	0	75
0.97	1.00	-0.07	0	249	Oct 10 31.0	6.50	6.60	0.15	0	0
0.77	0.81	-0.06	0	167	Oct 10 32.0	7.30	7.40	0.15	0	7
0.38	0.41	-0.03	0	160	Oct 10 35.0	9.90	10.00	0.18	0	10
0.10	0.14	-0.01	0	0	Oct 10 40.0	14.60	14.70	0.17	0	10

- Jan 11 [314 days to expiration]

22.85	23.50	-0.05	0	46	Jan 11 2.5	0.00	0.05	0.01	0	11
20.40	20.95	-0.03	0	57	Jan 11 5.0	0.03	0.07	0.00	0	24604
17.95	18.45	-0.02	0	27	Jan 11 7.5	0.07	0.12	0.03	0	1978
15.45	15.75	-0.12	0	421	Jan 11 10.0	0.15	0.18	0.01	0	7476
13.05	13.55	-0.02	0	336	Jan 11 12.5	0.29	0.33	0.00	0	8474
10.90	11.05	-0.20	0	928	Jan 11 15.0	0.53	0.56	0.01	0	9544
8.80	8.90	-0.17	0	687	Jan 11 17.5	0.91	0.95	0.03	0	17092
6.90	6.95	-0.12	0	4399	Jan 11 20.0	1.47	1.51	0.03	0	12234
5.15	5.25	-0.15	0	7570	Jan 11 22.5	2.25	2.30	0.05	0	12576
3.70	3.80	-0.15	0	12164	Jan 11 25.0	3.35	3.40	0.05	0	25792
1.74	1.79	-0.09	0	45533	Jan 11 30.0	6.30	6.40	0.10	0	5666
0.72	0.76	-0.04	0	26820	Jan 11 35.0	10.25	10.35	0.15	0	3073
0.28	0.33	-0.01	0	10238	Jan 11 40.0	14.75	14.90	0.15	0	656
0.12	0.16	-0.01	0	5291	Jan 11 45.0	19.35	19.85	0.02	0	345
0.05	0.09	-0.01	0	7146	Jan 11 50.0	24.45	24.75	0.12	0	419
0.03	0.06	-0.01	0	1161	Jan 11 55.0	29.30	29.75	0.07	0	101
0.01	0.04	-0.02	0	1332	Jan 11 60.0	34.20	34.70	0.05	0	209
0.00	0.03	0.00	0	1782	Jan 11 70.0	44.20	44.70	0.05	0	53

- Jan 12 [678 days to expiration]

13.65	14.00	-0.15	0	147	Jan 12 12.5	0.86	1.00	-0.01	0	8127
11.55	11.95	-0.15	0	566	Jan 12 15.0	1.23	1.40	-0.02	0	3777
9.65	10.00	-0.20	0	537	Jan 12 17.5	1.80	1.98	0.00	0	1315
7.95	8.30	-0.15	0	528	Jan 12 20.0	2.54	2.65	0.05	0	2436
6.45	6.75	-0.10	0	421	Jan 12 22.5	3.40	3.65	0.00	0	473
5.15	5.45	-0.05	0	6169	Jan 12 25.0	4.55	4.80	0.03	0	580
3.10	3.45	0.00	0	2439	Jan 12 30.0	7.50	7.80	0.08	0	1858
1.87	2.09	-0.01	0	2228	Jan 12 35.0	11.15	11.45	0.12	0	285
1.06	1.28	-0.01	0	3115	Jan 12 40.0	15.25	15.65	0.12	0	511
0.66	0.81	-0.03	0	3546	Jan 12 45.0	19.80	20.20	0.15	0	52
0.45	0.48	0.02	0	2285	Jan 12 50.0	24.65	24.95	0.20	0	108