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Last: 12.92 Chg: -0.26 %Chg: -2.01% Open: 13.13   Vol: 4.5 M
Bid: 12.90 Ask: 12.94 Size: 15 High: 13.23 Low: 12.72 Avg Vol: 6.4 M

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STEC is currently trading at 12.92
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Sentiment: Bearish

Symbol Shares Price Total Cash Required* Target Gain ROI Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade STEC 100     12.92 $646 12.92 200.0% -$1,292

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

STEC: Chart

STEC: STEC Inc.

Industry Technology Equipment
Shares Outstanding 50.3 M
52 Wk Performance Price 130.4%
Dividend 0.00
Today's High 13.23 P/E 9.2
Today's Low 12.72 EPS 1.43
Open 13.13 Price to Book 5.4
Prev Close 13.18
52 Wk high 42.50 Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 5.75 21 Day 12.69
Market Cap 663.1 M 50 Day 15.03
Yield 0 200 Day 22.35

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- Mar 10 [7 days to expiration]
10.35 10.55 -0.20 0 0 Mar 10 2.5 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0
7.85 8.05 -0.20 0 10 Mar 10 5.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0
6.85 7.05 -0.20 0 0 Mar 10 6.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0
5.35 5.55 -0.20 0 0 Mar 10 7.5 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 256
3.85 4.00 -0.23 6 557 Mar 10 9.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 3668
2.90 2.95 -0.25 167 2998 Mar 10 10.0 0.02 0.03 0.00 6 4264
1.92 2.05 -0.19 25 2431 Mar 10 11.0 0.05 0.08 0.01 86 8184
1.07 1.13 -0.16 212 2670 Mar 10 12.0 0.22 0.24 0.06 405 3252
0.53 0.55 -0.06 1,440 4094 Mar 10 13.0 0.65 0.69 0.16 398 10006
0.24 0.26 0.02 1,255 6669 Mar 10 14.0 1.40 1.41 0.26 6,261 2978
0.12 0.14 0.02 312 5532 Mar 10 15.0 2.23 2.28 0.25 118 2361
0.07 0.09 0.01 233 6185 Mar 10 16.0 3.15 3.25 0.20 20 3122
0.05 0.06 0.02 70 3879 Mar 10 17.0 4.10 4.25 0.18 4 826
0.02 0.05 0.00 8 1770 Mar 10 18.0 5.00 5.25 0.20 10 247
0.01 0.03 0.00 0 952 Mar 10 19.0 6.10 6.20 0.22 0 176
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 1243 Mar 10 20.0 7.10 7.20 0.25 0 310
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 189 Mar 10 21.0 8.05 8.20 0.20 0 72
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 97 Mar 10 25.0 12.00 12.20 0.18 0 46
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 52 Mar 10 30.0 17.05 17.20 0.20 1 35
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0 Mar 10 35.0 21.95 22.20 0.15 0 0
- Apr 10 [35 days to expiration]
9.45 10.80 -1.02 0 0 Apr 10 2.5 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0
7.35 8.15 -0.45 0 0 Apr 10 5.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 2
6.70 7.10 -0.35 0 0 Apr 10 6.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 0
5.35 5.60 -0.30 0 5 Apr 10 7.5 0.01 0.04 0.00 0 454
3.85 4.10 -0.20 0 181 Apr 10 9.0 0.07 0.10 0.01 0 1373
2.97 3.15 -0.12 35 2186 Apr 10 10.0 0.16 0.18 0.02 13 4073
2.16 2.21 -0.17 229 1541 Apr 10 11.0 0.35 0.37 0.04 55 3618
1.48 1.53 -0.14 312 704 Apr 10 12.0 0.68 0.71 0.07 192 1145
0.97 1.02 -0.11 240 1009 Apr 10 13.0 1.19 1.20 0.12 192 1706
0.62 0.66 -0.07 153 2812 Apr 10 14.0 1.82 1.86 0.14 120 607
0.41 0.42 -0.05 266 1451 Apr 10 15.0 2.59 2.63 0.17 11 124
0.24 0.27 -0.04 0 340 Apr 10 16.0 3.40 3.50 0.17 14 114
0.15 0.18 -0.02 17 128 Apr 10 17.0 4.20 4.45 0.17 0 17
0.09 0.13 -0.01 42 462 Apr 10 18.0 5.15 5.40 0.20 14 21
- May 10 [70 days to expiration]
9.45 11.60 -0.25 0 1 May 10 2.5 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0
7.35 8.60 -0.80 0 171 May 10 5.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 116
6.85 7.10 -0.30 0 0 May 10 6.0 0.02 0.05 0.00 0 0
5.35 5.60 -0.22 17 36 May 10 7.5 0.11 0.15 0.00 0 754
4.05 4.30 -0.12 0 322 May 10 9.0 0.32 0.35 0.02 0 305
3.25 3.50 -0.15 50 1338 May 10 10.0 0.56 0.60 0.04 70 1502
2.60 2.74 -0.13 7 3499 May 10 11.0 0.88 0.92 0.05 72 1814
1.78 1.88 -0.12 37 4855 May 10 12.5 1.56 1.61 0.09 86 2779
1.20 1.31 -0.05 256 4102 May 10 14.0 2.49 2.54 0.13 0 1419
0.93 0.97 -0.06 49 6385 May 10 15.0 3.20 3.30 0.15 40 2659
0.71 0.76 -0.04 0 3890 May 10 16.0 3.95 4.10 0.15 5 1057
0.49 0.53 -0.03 14 2618 May 10 17.5 5.25 5.35 0.20 0 1701
0.34 0.38 -0.02 10 2605 May 10 19.0 6.60 6.70 0.22 0 702
0.27 0.31 -0.01 11 1952 May 10 20.0 7.40 7.65 0.20 0 1577
0.22 0.25 -0.02 0 625 May 10 21.0 8.35 8.60 0.20 0 221
0.16 0.19 -0.01 10 1617 May 10 22.5 9.80 10.05 0.20 0 123
0.12 0.15 0.00 0 2266 May 10 24.0 11.25 11.50 0.18 0 491
0.10 0.13 0.00 4 805 May 10 25.0 12.20 12.45 0.20 3 595
0.09 0.12 0.01 0 327 May 10 26.0 13.20 13.45 0.25 0 21
0.07 0.10 0.00 0 379 May 10 27.0 14.15 14.45 0.22 0 99
0.06 0.09 0.00 0 1984 May 10 28.0 15.25 15.45 0.30 0 78
0.05 0.08 0.00 0 786 May 10 29.0 16.15 16.40 0.23 0 96
0.04 0.07 0.00 0 885 May 10 30.0 17.15 17.50 0.23 1 678
0.04 0.06 -0.01 0 224 May 10 31.0 18.15 18.40 0.17 0 571
0.03 0.06 0.00 0 113 May 10 32.0 19.15 19.40 0.20 0 293
0.02 0.05 0.00 0 127 May 10 33.0 20.15 20.40 0.30 0 21
0.02 0.05 0.01 0 70 May 10 34.0 20.00 22.75 0.42 0 72
0.01 0.05 0.01 0 284 May 10 35.0 22.10 22.40 0.30 0 57
0.00 0.04 -0.01 0 26 May 10 37.0 22.90 25.75 0.43 0 0
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 18 May 10 38.0 23.90 26.75 0.43 0 0
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 7 May 10 39.0 24.90 27.75 0.38 0 30
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 188 May 10 40.0 27.10 27.35 0.30 0 87
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 11 May 10 41.0 26.95 29.75 0.40 0 0
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 42 May 10 42.0 27.85 30.75 0.35 0 37
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 659 May 10 45.0 32.10 32.35 0.20 0 100
- Aug 10 [161 days to expiration]
8.85 10.95 -0.83 0 0 Aug 10 2.5 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 0
7.80 8.10 -0.22 0 55 Aug 10 5.0 0.07 0.11 0.01 0 45
6.85 7.10 -0.33 0 0 Aug 10 6.0 0.15 0.19 0.03 4 68
5.50 5.75 -0.15 0 60 Aug 10 7.5 0.36 0.39 0.02 26 867
4.30 4.55 -0.12 3 118 Aug 10 9.0 0.73 0.79 0.05 0 1630
3.65 3.80 -0.12 0 853 Aug 10 10.0 1.07 1.13 0.08 14 3467
3.05 3.20 -0.12 74 302 Aug 10 11.0 1.50 1.57 0.09 20 5176
2.56 2.73 -0.06 75 541 Aug 10 12.0 1.96 2.07 0.09 0 1841
2.11 2.21 -0.09 204 1999 Aug 10 13.0 2.52 2.65 0.10 2 745
1.77 1.85 -0.07 17 1175 Aug 10 14.0 3.15 3.30 0.10 0 201
1.44 1.55 -0.04 45 767 Aug 10 15.0 3.85 4.00 0.10 0 930
1.20 1.28 -0.03 1 761 Aug 10 16.0 4.60 4.75 0.12 0 828
0.99 1.08 -0.01 0 437 Aug 10 17.0 5.40 5.55 0.15 0 187
0.83 0.90 -0.01 96 1221 Aug 10 18.0 6.25 6.40 0.20 0 125
0.69 0.76 0.00 0 744 Aug 10 19.0 7.10 7.25 0.20 0 88
0.57 0.64 0.00 200 1447 Aug 10 20.0 7.90 8.10 0.18 0 1113
0.47 0.53 0.00 0 1327 Aug 10 21.0 8.80 9.00 0.17 11 755
0.35 0.41 0.00 0 437 Aug 10 22.5 10.20 10.40 0.20 14 479
0.23 0.27 0.00 0 590 Aug 10 25.0 12.55 12.80 0.23 11 373
0.10 0.14 0.01 0 592 Aug 10 30.0 17.40 17.65 0.20 0 351
0.04 0.07 0.00 0 283 Aug 10 35.0 22.35 22.60 0.20 0 191
- Jan 11 [315 days to expiration]
9.10 11.85 -0.30 0 5 Jan 11 2.5 0.03 0.09 0.01 0 95
7.90 8.20 -0.18 0 231 Jan 11 5.0 0.25 0.30 0.02 0 835
5.85 6.15 -0.15 0 660 Jan 11 7.5 0.76 0.80 0.02 21 4769
4.20 4.50 -0.10 0 1222 Jan 11 10.0 1.70 1.80 0.09 15 1203
3.05 3.30 -0.10 2 1829 Jan 11 12.5 3.00 3.15 0.11 5 3590
2.27 2.45 -0.04 23 1172 Jan 11 15.0 4.65 4.85 0.18 1 490
1.67 1.77 -0.04 54 1063 Jan 11 17.5 6.55 6.75 0.20 3 315
1.23 1.32 -0.02 54 1968 Jan 11 20.0 8.65 8.80 0.23 44 613
0.92 1.01 0.00 81 477 Jan 11 22.5 10.80 11.05 0.23 76 565
0.69 0.76 -0.01 0 981 Jan 11 25.0 13.00 13.30 0.25 0 507
0.39 0.46 0.00 19 677 Jan 11 30.0 17.70 18.00 0.35 19 161
0.25 0.31 0.00 46 521 Jan 11 35.0 22.55 22.85 0.25 52 298
0.17 0.21 0.02 1 593 Jan 11 40.0 27.50 27.70 0.27 10 371
0.10 0.15 0.01 0 301 Jan 11 45.0 32.35 32.65 0.28 9 40
0.07 0.11 0.01 0 176 Jan 11 50.0 36.65 38.15 0.23 0 23
0.04 0.09 0.01 0 307 Jan 11 55.0 42.20 43.10 0.38 0 49
0.02 0.07 0.01 0 124 Jan 11 60.0 47.20 47.50 0.15 0 80