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JP Morgan Chase JPM (NYSE) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 43.12	Chg: +0.05	%Chg: +0.12%	Open: --		Vol: 0
Bid: 43.15	Ask: 43.20	Size: 2	High: --	Low: --	Avg Vol: 31.8 M

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	Symbol	Shares			Price	Total Cash Required*	Target Gain	ROI	Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade	JPM	100			43.12	$2,156	43.12	200.0%	-$4,312

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

JPM: Chart

JPM: JP Morgan Chase

Industry	Financial
Shares Outstanding	4 B
52 Wk Performance Price	81.3%
Dividend	0.20 2010/01/04

Today's High --	P/E 19.2
Today's Low --	EPS 2.24
Open --	Price to Book 39.6
Prev Close 43.07
52 Wk high 47.47	Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 22.27	21 Day 41.46
Market Cap 171.1 B	50 Day 41.32
Yield 0.464	200 Day 40.82

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CALL OPTIONS

PUT OPTIONS

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

- Mar 10 [3 days to expiration]

28.00	28.15	0.00	0	342	Mar 10 15.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	2820
25.50	25.65	0.00	0	149	Mar 10 17.5	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	1457
23.00	23.15	0.00	0	697	Mar 10 20.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	2460
20.50	20.65	0.00	0	214	Mar 10 22.5	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	1698
18.00	18.15	0.00	0	143	Mar 10 25.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	4449
13.00	13.15	0.00	0	452	Mar 10 30.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	14070
11.00	11.15	0.00	0	611	Mar 10 32.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	8161
10.00	10.15	0.00	0	657	Mar 10 33.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	7907
9.00	9.15	0.00	0	817	Mar 10 34.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	9505
8.00	8.15	0.00	0	1203	Mar 10 35.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	10887
7.05	7.15	0.00	0	795	Mar 10 36.0	0.00	0.01	0.00	0	15843
6.05	6.15	0.00	0	2010	Mar 10 37.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	15743
5.10	5.15	0.03	0	5027	Mar 10 38.0	0.01	0.03	0.00	0	18268
4.10	4.15	0.03	0	17271	Mar 10 39.0	0.02	0.03	0.00	0	34067
3.10	3.15	0.00	0	50052	Mar 10 40.0	0.04	0.05	0.00	0	32774
2.17	2.20	0.00	0	32787	Mar 10 41.0	0.07	0.09	0.00	0	16185
1.28	1.29	0.00	0	56927	Mar 10 42.0	0.19	0.20	0.00	0	22325
0.58	0.60	0.01	0	43371	Mar 10 43.0	0.48	0.50	0.00	0	14099
0.17	0.19	0.00	0	24468	Mar 10 44.0	1.07	1.09	0.00	0	4354
0.04	0.05	0.00	0	24747	Mar 10 45.0	1.93	1.96	-0.01	0	8132
0.01	0.02	0.00	0	11016	Mar 10 46.0	2.90	2.93	-0.01	0	4022
0.01	0.02	0.00	0	17827	Mar 10 47.0	3.85	3.95	-0.02	0	2279
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	13653	Mar 10 48.0	4.85	4.95	-0.03	0	267
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	6303	Mar 10 49.0	5.85	5.95	-0.03	0	1181
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	21454	Mar 10 50.0	6.85	6.95	-0.03	0	901
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	7772	Mar 10 55.0	11.85	12.00	0.00	0	21
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	7275	Mar 10 60.0	16.85	17.00	0.00	0	16
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	2050	Mar 10 65.0	21.80	22.00	0.00	0	0
0.00	0.01	0.00	0	476	Mar 10 70.0	26.85	27.00	0.00	0	10

- Apr 10 [31 days to expiration]

17.55	18.25	0.00	0	15	Apr 10 25.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	507
12.60	13.25	0.00	0	0	Apr 10 30.0	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	418
8.15	8.20	0.02	0	906	Apr 10 35.0	0.08	0.10	0.01	0	7016
7.15	7.25	0.00	0	500	Apr 10 36.0	0.12	0.14	0.00	0	7642
6.25	6.30	0.03	0	463	Apr 10 37.0	0.19	0.20	0.00	0	5055
5.30	5.40	0.00	0	511	Apr 10 38.0	0.28	0.29	0.00	0	7159
4.45	4.50	0.00	0	1602	Apr 10 39.0	0.40	0.42	0.00	0	4569
3.60	3.70	0.03	0	5379	Apr 10 40.0	0.58	0.60	0.00	0	13021
2.87	2.90	0.01	0	7595	Apr 10 41.0	0.82	0.84	0.00	0	12228
2.17	2.21	0.00	0	19237	Apr 10 42.0	1.13	1.16	0.00	0	7757
1.59	1.62	0.00	0	17762	Apr 10 43.0	1.54	1.57	0.00	0	6315
1.11	1.14	0.00	0	8449	Apr 10 44.0	2.06	2.09	0.00	0	4593
0.74	0.76	0.01	0	8889	Apr 10 45.0	2.68	2.71	-0.01	0	2800
0.05	0.08	0.00	0	1440	Apr 10 50.0	6.95	7.05	-0.03	0	690
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	90	Apr 10 55.0	11.85	12.50	0.00	0	368

- Jun 10 [94 days to expiration]

22.60	23.30	0.00	0	10	Jun 10 20.0	0.06	0.08	0.00	0	1815
20.15	20.80	0.00	0	33	Jun 10 22.5	0.10	0.12	0.00	0	2110
17.65	18.25	0.00	0	119	Jun 10 25.0	0.13	0.16	0.00	0	7023
13.25	13.35	0.00	0	635	Jun 10 30.0	0.25	0.27	0.00	0	24714
9.50	9.60	0.00	0	111	Jun 10 34.0	0.48	0.51	0.00	0	6017
8.60	8.70	0.00	0	1498	Jun 10 35.0	0.58	0.61	0.00	0	37704
7.75	7.80	0.03	0	594	Jun 10 36.0	0.70	0.72	0.00	0	14215
6.85	6.95	0.00	0	5126	Jun 10 37.0	0.84	0.86	0.00	0	9797
6.05	6.15	0.00	0	1299	Jun 10 38.0	1.02	1.04	0.00	0	9232
5.25	5.35	0.00	0	4440	Jun 10 39.0	1.23	1.26	0.00	0	8023
4.50	4.60	0.00	0	35511	Jun 10 40.0	1.49	1.51	0.00	0	22532
3.85	3.90	0.03	0	29542	Jun 10 41.0	1.79	1.82	-0.01	0	9197
3.20	3.25	0.00	0	41879	Jun 10 42.0	2.16	2.19	0.00	0	15250
2.64	2.68	0.01	0	12120	Jun 10 43.0	2.58	2.61	-0.01	0	4389
2.14	2.17	0.01	0	39814	Jun 10 44.0	3.05	3.10	-0.03	0	5390
1.69	1.72	0.00	0	28843	Jun 10 45.0	3.60	3.70	0.00	0	3280
1.31	1.34	0.00	0	19559	Jun 10 46.0	4.25	4.30	0.00	0	6726
1.01	1.03	0.00	0	50050	Jun 10 47.0	4.90	5.00	-0.03	0	1706
0.75	0.78	0.00	0	29526	Jun 10 48.0	5.65	5.75	0.00	0	735
0.56	0.58	0.00	0	3970	Jun 10 49.0	6.45	6.55	0.00	0	844
0.40	0.43	0.00	0	54822	Jun 10 50.0	7.30	7.40	0.00	0	974
0.08	0.10	0.00	0	3903	Jun 10 55.0	12.00	12.10	0.00	0	1041
0.01	0.03	0.00	0	27709	Jun 10 60.0	16.90	17.00	-0.05	0	614
0.00	0.02	0.00	0	1445	Jun 10 65.0	21.90	22.50	0.00	0	311

- Sep 10 [185 days to expiration]

22.60	23.30	0.00	0	77	Sep 10 20.0	0.16	0.18	0.00	0	1187
20.65	20.85	0.00	0	22	Sep 10 22.5	0.20	0.24	0.00	0	479
17.95	18.40	0.00	0	13	Sep 10 25.0	0.29	0.32	0.00	0	1928
13.55	13.60	0.03	0	191	Sep 10 30.0	0.58	0.61	0.00	0	8506
9.95	10.05	0.00	0	135	Sep 10 34.0	1.03	1.06	0.00	0	642
9.10	9.25	0.03	0	550	Sep 10 35.0	1.19	1.22	0.00	0	4660
8.30	8.40	0.00	0	348	Sep 10 36.0	1.38	1.41	0.00	0	1709
7.50	7.65	0.02	0	504	Sep 10 37.0	1.60	1.63	0.00	0	3757
6.75	6.90	0.02	0	453	Sep 10 38.0	1.85	1.88	0.00	0	1073
6.05	6.15	0.00	0	668	Sep 10 39.0	2.13	2.16	-0.01	0	7812
5.40	5.45	0.03	0	5887	Sep 10 40.0	2.45	2.49	0.00	0	4598
4.75	4.85	0.03	0	796	Sep 10 41.0	2.81	2.85	-0.01	0	2323
4.15	4.25	0.00	0	4132	Sep 10 42.0	3.20	3.25	-0.03	0	1713
3.60	3.70	0.03	0	1793	Sep 10 43.0	3.65	3.70	-0.02	0	1605
3.10	3.15	0.00	0	2709	Sep 10 44.0	4.15	4.20	-0.02	0	1017
2.64	2.69	-0.01	0	9726	Sep 10 45.0	4.65	4.75	-0.03	0	3424
2.24	2.28	-0.01	0	1502	Sep 10 46.0	5.25	5.35	-0.02	0	847
1.87	1.91	0.00	0	4851	Sep 10 47.0	5.90	6.00	0.00	0	999
1.55	1.59	0.00	0	2315	Sep 10 48.0	6.60	6.65	-0.03	0	4283
1.04	1.07	0.00	0	3757	Sep 10 50.0	8.05	8.15	0.00	0	1060
0.33	0.36	0.00	0	1209	Sep 10 55.0	12.35	12.45	0.00	0	436
0.09	0.11	0.00	0	268	Sep 10 60.0	17.10	17.20	-0.02	0	318
0.00	0.04	0.00	0	0	Sep 10 65.0	22.05	22.15	0.00	0	311

- Jan 11 [311 days to expiration]

40.00	40.80	0.00	0	13	Jan 11 2.5	0.00	0.02	0.00	0	16958
37.50	38.30	0.00	0	56	Jan 11 5.0	0.02	0.04	0.00	0	8332
35.00	35.80	0.00	0	64	Jan 11 7.5	0.06	0.07	-0.01	0	2321
32.50	33.30	0.00	0	82	Jan 11 10.0	0.04	0.09	0.00	0	6896
30.05	30.75	0.00	0	57	Jan 11 12.5	0.10	0.13	0.00	0	7913
27.55	28.25	0.00	0	858	Jan 11 15.0	0.15	0.21	0.00	0	11212
25.10	25.75	0.00	0	782	Jan 11 17.5	0.23	0.28	0.00	0	9149
22.70	23.40	0.00	0	5652	Jan 11 20.0	0.32	0.38	0.00	0	12909
20.30	21.00	0.00	0	1977	Jan 11 22.5	0.47	0.51	0.00	0	14757
18.40	18.65	0.00	0	9753	Jan 11 25.0	0.64	0.70	0.00	0	21841
14.00	14.10	0.00	0	15845	Jan 11 30.0	1.21	1.24	0.00	0	62946
9.95	10.05	0.00	0	48916	Jan 11 35.0	2.16	2.19	0.00	0	27374
8.10	8.20	0.00	0	6688	Jan 11 37.5	2.86	2.89	-0.01	0	14476
6.45	6.60	0.02	0	33037	Jan 11 40.0	3.70	3.80	0.00	0	45624
3.85	3.95	0.03	0	66226	Jan 11 45.0	6.10	6.15	0.00	0	30422
2.07	2.11	0.00	0	61494	Jan 11 50.0	9.30	9.35	0.00	0	11818
1.47	1.51	0.00	0	14427	Jan 11 52.5	11.15	11.30	0.00	0	3713
1.02	1.06	0.00	0	18649	Jan 11 55.0	13.20	13.35	0.00	0	2758
0.49	0.51	0.00	0	71550	Jan 11 60.0	17.65	17.80	0.00	0	2956
0.22	0.26	0.00	0	31129	Jan 11 65.0	22.35	22.50	0.00	0	3568
0.11	0.15	0.00	0	37704	Jan 11 70.0	27.15	27.85	0.00	0	1739
0.03	0.10	-0.01	0	6051	Jan 11 75.0	32.05	32.75	0.00	0	1028
0.04	0.08	0.00	0	11207	Jan 11 80.0	37.00	37.70	0.00	0	1815
0.01	0.04	0.00	0	1875	Jan 11 85.0	41.95	42.70	0.00	0	1326
0.01	0.03	0.00	0	1746	Jan 11 90.0	46.90	47.65	0.00	0	2189
0.00	0.04	0.00	0	2009	Jan 11 95.0	51.90	52.65	0.00	0	2742

- Jan 12 [675 days to expiration]

23.25	23.65	0.00	0	70	Jan 12 20.0	0.94	1.01	0.00	0	1656
21.15	21.45	0.00	0	735	Jan 12 22.5	1.26	1.31	0.00	0	3798
19.05	19.35	0.00	0	545	Jan 12 25.0	1.66	1.70	0.00	0	2989
15.10	15.40	0.00	0	1697	Jan 12 30.0	2.70	2.76	0.00	0	2429
11.60	11.90	0.00	0	917	Jan 12 35.0	4.10	4.25	0.00	0	4112
8.70	8.90	0.00	0	19974	Jan 12 40.0	6.10	6.25	0.00	0	10255
6.30	6.50	0.03	0	9787	Jan 12 45.0	8.60	8.70	0.00	0	8748
4.45	4.55	0.00	0	51975	Jan 12 50.0	11.65	11.85	0.00	0	2865
3.00	3.20	0.00	0	1688	Jan 12 55.0	15.15	15.40	0.00	0	251
2.01	2.12	0.00	0	2371	Jan 12 60.0	19.15	19.35	0.00	0	1628