Option update: Akamai calls heavy with low volatility on unconfirmed buyout chatter

Posted Feb 29th 2008 10:23AM by Paul Foster
Filed under: Options, Akamai Technologies (AKAM)

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) is recently up 89cents to $34.29 on unconfirmed takeover chatter. AKAM offers services for accelerating content and business processes online. AKAM March 35 calls have traded 191 times on transaction volume of 6,671 contracts. AKAM March 40 calls have traded 84 times on transaction volume of 3,233 contracts. AKAM March option implied volatility of 48 is below its 26-week average of 54 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price fluctuations.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Tags: AKAM, option implied volatility, OptionImpliedVolatility

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Option update: Akamai calls heavy with low volatility on unconfirmed buyout chatter