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Dell Inc. DELL (NASDAQ) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 14.20	Chg: -0.01	%Chg: -0.07%	Open: 14.29		Vol: 19.9 M
Bid: 14.19	Ask: 14.20	Size: 1	High: 14.36	Low: 14.11	Avg Vol: 24.1 M

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	Symbol	Shares			Price	Total Cash Required*	Target Gain	ROI	Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade	DELL	100			14.20	$710	14.20	200.0%	-$1,420

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

DELL: Chart

DELL: Dell Inc.

Industry	Technology Equipment
Shares Outstanding	2 B
52 Wk Performance Price	58.2%
Dividend	0.00

Today's High 14.36	P/E 19.5
Today's Low 14.11	EPS 0.73
Open 14.29	Price to Book 2.6
Prev Close 14.21
52 Wk high 17.26	Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 8.80	21 Day 13.78
Market Cap 27.8 B	50 Day 13.96
Yield 0	200 Day 14.18

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

- Mar 10 [5 days to expiration]

5.20	5.30	0.05	0	0	Mar 10 9.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	2
4.20	4.30	0.05	0	28	Mar 10 10.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	0
3.20	3.30	0.05	0	344	Mar 10 11.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	1204
2.25	2.29	0.08	0	9727	Mar 10 12.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	2556
1.26	1.29	0.07	0	28714	Mar 10 13.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	15103
0.35	0.37	0.04	0	34853	Mar 10 14.0	0.09	0.10	-0.04	0	10442
0.03	0.04	0.01	0	19420	Mar 10 15.0	0.75	0.78	-0.06	0	5463
0.01	0.02	0.01	0	5985	Mar 10 16.0	1.73	1.76	-0.06	0	1160
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	652	Mar 10 17.0	2.71	2.76	-0.07	0	56
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	15	Mar 10 18.0	3.70	3.80	-0.05	0	1
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	0	Mar 10 19.0	4.70	4.80	-0.05	0	0

- Apr 10 [33 days to expiration]

4.20	4.35	0.07	0	8	Apr 10 10.0	0.01	0.02	0.00	0	17
3.25	3.35	0.10	0	297	Apr 10 11.0	0.01	0.02	0.00	0	97
2.30	2.33	0.07	0	744	Apr 10 12.0	0.04	0.05	0.00	0	2144
1.38	1.41	0.05	0	4199	Apr 10 13.0	0.12	0.13	-0.02	0	7209
0.64	0.66	0.03	0	14619	Apr 10 14.0	0.37	0.39	-0.03	0	18127
0.21	0.23	0.00	0	8742	Apr 10 15.0	0.94	0.96	-0.06	0	1800
0.05	0.06	0.00	0	531	Apr 10 16.0	1.77	1.80	-0.08	0	272
0.01	0.02	0.00	0	0	Apr 10 17.0	2.73	2.75	-0.08	0	56
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	400	Apr 10 18.0	3.70	3.80	-0.05	0	0

- May 10 [68 days to expiration]

6.70	6.85	0.07	0	45	May 10 7.5	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	0
5.25	5.35	0.05	0	20	May 10 9.0	0.01	0.03	-0.01	0	98
4.30	4.35	0.07	0	1044	May 10 10.0	0.04	0.05	0.00	0	4161
3.35	3.40	0.08	0	2784	May 10 11.0	0.08	0.10	0.00	0	4193
2.44	2.47	0.06	0	4148	May 10 12.0	0.17	0.19	-0.01	0	5651
1.63	1.66	0.05	0	12909	May 10 13.0	0.35	0.37	-0.02	0	29538
0.97	0.99	0.05	0	25426	May 10 14.0	0.69	0.71	-0.03	0	32629
0.50	0.52	0.02	0	28893	May 10 15.0	1.23	1.25	-0.04	0	17191
0.23	0.25	0.01	0	21266	May 10 16.0	1.95	1.97	-0.06	0	7782
0.10	0.11	0.01	0	6214	May 10 17.0	2.81	2.84	-0.07	0	2029
0.04	0.05	0.01	0	4040	May 10 18.0	3.75	3.80	-0.05	0	470
0.01	0.03	0.00	0	2262	May 10 19.0	4.70	4.80	-0.07	0	1104
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	2127	May 10 20.0	5.70	5.75	-0.08	0	1456
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	1376	May 10 21.0	6.65	6.80	-0.07	0	0
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	772	May 10 22.5	8.15	8.30	-0.07	0	0
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	440	May 10 25.0	10.65	10.80	-0.07	0	0

- Aug 10 [159 days to expiration]

6.75	6.85	0.05	0	327	Aug 10 7.5	0.02	0.04	-0.01	0	132
5.35	5.40	0.07	0	653	Aug 10 9.0	0.08	0.09	-0.01	0	431
4.40	4.50	0.07	0	684	Aug 10 10.0	0.15	0.16	0.00	0	1133
3.50	3.60	0.05	0	562	Aug 10 11.0	0.26	0.28	-0.01	0	2613
2.73	2.76	0.06	0	815	Aug 10 12.0	0.45	0.47	-0.02	0	3870
2.01	2.04	0.05	0	2220	Aug 10 13.0	0.73	0.75	-0.02	0	4368
1.41	1.44	0.05	0	12597	Aug 10 14.0	1.12	1.14	-0.03	0	7635
0.94	0.96	0.03	0	5527	Aug 10 15.0	1.64	1.67	-0.04	0	3022
0.59	0.61	0.04	0	3267	Aug 10 16.0	2.29	2.32	-0.05	0	2053
0.34	0.37	0.03	0	3915	Aug 10 17.0	3.05	3.10	-0.05	0	1124
0.19	0.21	0.01	0	14368	Aug 10 18.0	3.90	3.95	-0.05	0	978
0.11	0.12	0.01	0	2689	Aug 10 19.0	4.80	4.85	-0.08	0	90
0.05	0.07	0.01	0	138	Aug 10 20.0	5.75	5.80	-0.07	0	30
0.00	0.03	0.00	0	71	Aug 10 22.5	8.20	8.30	-0.05	0	0

- Jan 11 [313 days to expiration]

11.70	11.85	0.07	0	105	Jan 11 2.5	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	162
9.20	9.40	0.07	0	973	Jan 11 5.0	0.02	0.05	0.00	0	508
6.85	7.00	0.08	0	4230	Jan 11 7.5	0.11	0.14	0.00	0	4784
4.65	4.75	0.05	0	3389	Jan 11 10.0	0.39	0.41	-0.01	0	16195
2.83	2.87	0.05	0	73312	Jan 11 12.5	1.03	1.05	-0.01	0	42919
1.48	1.50	0.03	0	64988	Jan 11 15.0	2.16	2.19	-0.04	0	22496
0.68	0.70	0.02	0	15916	Jan 11 17.5	3.85	3.90	-0.05	0	4812
0.28	0.30	0.02	0	11894	Jan 11 20.0	5.90	6.00	-0.08	0	3019
0.10	0.12	0.01	0	4956	Jan 11 22.5	8.25	8.35	-0.07	0	428
0.04	0.06	0.01	0	1898	Jan 11 25.0	10.65	10.85	-0.07	0	363
0.00	0.03	0.00	0	2594	Jan 11 30.0	15.65	15.85	-0.05	0	8

- Jan 12 [677 days to expiration]

5.30	5.45	0.10	0	1199	Jan 12 10.0	0.90	0.95	-0.01	0	910
3.65	3.80	0.02	0	608	Jan 12 12.5	1.73	1.80	-0.03	0	6146
2.44	2.54	0.05	0	3410	Jan 12 15.0	2.96	3.05	-0.02	0	6685
1.54	1.62	0.01	0	2963	Jan 12 17.5	4.50	4.60	-0.10	0	385
0.93	1.00	0.01	0	6818	Jan 12 20.0	6.40	6.50	-0.10	0	10120