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WalMart Stores WMT (NYSE) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 55.91 Chg: -0.08 %Chg: -0.14% Open: 56.05   Vol: 12.5 M
Bid: 55.68 Ask: 55.93 Size: 6 High: 56.13 Low: 55.66 Avg Vol: 11.8 M

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WMT is currently trading at 55.91
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Sentiment: Bearish

Symbol Shares Price Total Cash Required* Target Gain ROI Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade WMT 100     55.91 $2,796 55.91 200.0% -$5,591

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

WMT: Chart

WMT: WalMart Stores

Industry Retail Staples
Shares Outstanding 3.8 B
52 Wk Performance Price 14.7%
Dividend 1.21    2010/05/12
Today's High 56.13 P/E 15.1
Today's Low 55.66 EPS 3.7
Open 56.05 Price to Book 17.7
Prev Close 55.99
52 Wk high 56.27 Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 47.35 21 Day 54.01
Market Cap 213.3 B 50 Day 53.74
Yield 2.161 200 Day 51.60

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- Mar 10 [2 days to expiration]
30.85 30.95 -0.15 0 126 Mar 10 25.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 737
25.85 25.95 -0.15 0 137 Mar 10 30.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 395
20.85 20.95 -0.15 0 1 Mar 10 35.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 620
18.35 18.45 -0.15 0 0 Mar 10 37.5 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 1066
15.85 15.95 -0.15 0 40 Mar 10 40.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 1843
13.35 13.45 -0.15 0 13 Mar 10 42.5 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 8595
10.85 10.95 -0.15 0 12 Mar 10 45.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 15261
8.35 8.45 -0.15 0 77 Mar 10 47.5 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 10714
5.85 5.95 -0.15 155 978 Mar 10 50.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 0 30052
3.40 3.45 -0.12 588 7486 Mar 10 52.5 0.01 0.02 -0.01 2,703 56524
0.96 1.00 -0.15 2,620 53939 Mar 10 55.0 0.06 0.07 -0.02 1,204 11552
0.00 0.01 -0.03 855 23966 Mar 10 57.5 1.56 1.61 0.10 842 3894
0.00 0.01 0.00 10 6801 Mar 10 60.0 4.05 4.15 0.15 126 4259
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 2434 Mar 10 65.0 9.05 9.15 0.15 0 20
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 5 Mar 10 70.0 14.05 14.15 0.15 0 4
- Apr 10 [30 days to expiration]
15.65 16.15 -0.10 0 0 Apr 10 40.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 147
13.15 13.65 -0.10 0 0 Apr 10 42.5 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 96
10.65 11.15 -0.10 0 0 Apr 10 45.0 0.01 0.04 0.00 0 161
8.30 8.65 -0.15 20 50 Apr 10 47.5 0.03 0.05 0.00 30 839
5.95 6.05 -0.12 58 544 Apr 10 50.0 0.04 0.06 0.00 443 3055
3.55 3.60 -0.10 730 5881 Apr 10 52.5 0.15 0.16 0.03 1,153 10802
1.54 1.56 -0.04 3,207 21526 Apr 10 55.0 0.62 0.64 0.10 22,226 7231
0.39 0.40 0.00 1,243 9012 Apr 10 57.5 1.95 1.98 0.13 816 1863
0.06 0.07 -0.01 141 6481 Apr 10 60.0 4.10 4.20 0.15 1,577 1688
0.00 0.03 0.00 100 100 Apr 10 62.5 6.40 6.95 0.18 0 0
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0 Apr 10 65.0 8.90 9.45 0.17 0 0
- Jun 10 [93 days to expiration]
30.55 31.15 -0.08 0 0 Jun 10 25.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 943
25.60 26.15 -0.12 0 0 Jun 10 30.0 0.01 0.04 0.00 0 901
20.60 21.15 -0.15 0 0 Jun 10 35.0 0.04 0.05 0.01 0 1056
18.10 18.65 -0.17 0 1 Jun 10 37.5 0.04 0.07 0.00 0 1465
15.65 16.20 -0.12 0 3 Jun 10 40.0 0.05 0.08 0.00 0 1694
13.20 13.70 -0.10 0 1 Jun 10 42.5 0.08 0.10 0.01 0 4748
10.85 11.20 -0.03 2 1507 Jun 10 45.0 0.13 0.14 0.01 17 8179
8.50 8.60 -0.12 0 286 Jun 10 47.5 0.20 0.22 0.03 159 12930
6.15 6.25 -0.08 137 4262 Jun 10 50.0 0.37 0.39 0.04 320 10339
3.95 4.05 -0.07 241 7285 Jun 10 52.5 0.74 0.75 0.06 353 17499
2.19 2.22 -0.02 802 19252 Jun 10 55.0 1.49 1.51 0.10 620 9211
0.97 0.98 0.01 1,540 19757 Jun 10 57.5 2.80 2.83 0.13 80 2185
0.34 0.35 0.00 1,097 13334 Jun 10 60.0 4.65 4.75 0.15 31 1081
0.03 0.04 0.00 63 1441 Jun 10 65.0 9.30 9.45 0.12 139 1310
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 217 Jun 10 70.0 14.15 14.55 0.05 0 1450
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0 Jun 10 75.0 19.10 19.75 0.17 0 1155
- Sep 10 [184 days to expiration]
25.55 26.20 -0.25 0 0 Sep 10 30.0 0.04 0.06 0.00 0 858
20.55 21.20 -0.12 0 0 Sep 10 35.0 0.08 0.12 0.01 0 427
15.60 16.20 -0.15 0 2 Sep 10 40.0 0.16 0.17 0.00 13 114
13.45 13.55 -0.15 0 20 Sep 10 42.5 0.23 0.25 0.02 30 2389
11.05 11.15 -0.10 0 2551 Sep 10 45.0 0.36 0.38 0.03 20 4509
8.70 8.80 -0.10 2 348 Sep 10 47.5 0.58 0.60 0.06 25 5273
6.50 6.60 -0.05 10 679 Sep 10 50.0 0.94 0.96 0.07 71 2918
4.50 4.60 -0.05 42 892 Sep 10 52.5 1.53 1.55 0.11 32 2743
2.91 2.94 0.00 145 8860 Sep 10 55.0 2.45 2.47 0.13 123 5505
1.69 1.71 0.03 196 4201 Sep 10 57.5 3.75 3.80 0.18 56 939
0.87 0.89 0.02 431 4019 Sep 10 60.0 5.45 5.50 0.17 5 230
0.40 0.42 0.02 21 1743 Sep 10 62.5 7.45 7.55 0.15 0 163
0.17 0.18 0.02 0 231 Sep 10 65.0 9.75 9.85 0.20 0 294
0.01 0.06 0.01 0 0 Sep 10 70.0 14.60 14.65 0.12 33 11
- Jan 11 [310 days to expiration]
52.90 53.65 -0.02 0 1 Jan 11 2.5 0.00 0.04 0.00 0 641
50.40 51.15 0.00 0 0 Jan 11 5.0 0.00 0.04 0.00 0 136
47.90 48.65 0.00 0 0 Jan 11 7.5 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 726
45.40 46.15 0.00 0 0 Jan 11 10.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 879
42.90 43.65 0.00 0 0 Jan 11 12.5 0.00 0.04 0.00 0 845
40.40 41.15 -0.07 0 0 Jan 11 15.0 0.00 0.04 0.00 0 1528
37.90 38.65 0.05 0 0 Jan 11 17.5 0.01 0.06 0.01 0 321
35.40 36.15 -0.17 0 25 Jan 11 20.0 0.03 0.07 0.00 0 486
32.90 33.65 -0.17 0 1 Jan 11 22.5 0.04 0.09 -0.01 0 1629
30.40 31.20 -0.10 0 1365 Jan 11 25.0 0.06 0.10 0.00 0 2576
25.65 26.20 -0.10 6 1180 Jan 11 30.0 0.12 0.15 0.00 0 3065
20.55 21.20 -0.12 0 137 Jan 11 35.0 0.21 0.24 0.00 96 12456
15.85 16.15 -0.17 2 9443 Jan 11 40.0 0.42 0.45 0.01 185 20716
11.25 11.40 -0.12 30 7666 Jan 11 45.0 0.86 0.90 0.04 344 33438
7.10 7.20 -0.05 13 25337 Jan 11 50.0 1.80 1.83 0.09 231 36228
3.80 3.90 -0.05 88 37288 Jan 11 55.0 3.55 3.60 0.12 384 19160
1.71 1.75 0.00 81 17748 Jan 11 60.0 6.45 6.55 0.12 344 10881
0.64 0.66 0.02 165 9781 Jan 11 65.0 10.35 10.50 0.18 13 988
0.21 0.24 0.00 5 5687 Jan 11 70.0 14.95 15.10 0.20 0 713
0.06 0.10 -0.01 155 2876 Jan 11 75.0 19.60 20.15 0.10 1 670
0.01 0.03 -0.01 0 3094 Jan 11 80.0 24.55 24.95 0.12 0 795
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 792 Jan 11 85.0 29.50 30.30 0.10 0 680
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 883 Jan 11 90.0 34.50 35.00 0.08 0 390
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 1063 Jan 11 95.0 39.50 39.90 0.55 0 668
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 977 Jan 11 100.0 44.45 44.85 0.18 0 1050
- Jan 12 [674 days to expiration]
25.40 26.25 -0.12 0 419 Jan 12 30.0 0.40 0.46 0.05 0 292
20.80 21.25 -0.18 18 526 Jan 12 35.0 0.71 0.75 0.03 21 499
16.25 16.40 -0.15 0 1275 Jan 12 40.0 1.26 1.32 0.02 3 1364
12.05 12.20 -0.10 6 6031 Jan 12 45.0 2.14 2.23 0.07 22 734
8.40 8.55 -0.12 1 3592 Jan 12 50.0 3.55 3.70 0.08 3 3447
5.55 5.70 -0.07 19 4111 Jan 12 55.0 5.60 5.75 0.08 34 3053
3.35 3.50 -0.05 0 5870 Jan 12 60.0 8.40 8.60 0.12 0 811
1.90 1.99 -0.03 0 1601 Jan 12 65.0 11.90 12.10 0.15 0 44
1.00 1.06 -0.03 7 511 Jan 12 70.0 15.95 16.20 0.18 16 356
0.49 0.56 -0.01 0 150 Jan 12 75.0 20.45 20.65 0.20 0 455
0.24 0.30 -0.01 0 555 Jan 12 80.0 25.15 25.40 0.20 10 672