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MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for WLH and More... for 2017-03-20
PriceWatch Alerts for WLH, BLDR, AXTA, TTWO, INVA ,LUK, Q, ACIW, MCO and OC.

Today's optimal covered call on William Lyon Homes has an assigned return rate of 8.33%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of WLH stock at 21.05 per share and selling one contract of the William Lyon Homes Aug 2017 20 call for 2.6 for a net debit of $ 18.44 per share. This trade lasts 151 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 20.16%. The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk).

Today's optimal covered call on Builders FirstSource has an assigned return rate of 15.56%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of BLDR stock at 15.63 per share and selling one contract of the Builders FirstSource Jan 2018 15 call for 2.64 for a net debit of $ 12.98 per share. This trade lasts 305 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 18.62%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk).

Today's optimal covered call on Axalta Coating Systems Ltd has an assigned return rate of 5.92%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of AXTA stock at 32.6 per share and selling one contract of the Axalta Coating Systems Ltd Jul 2017 32 call for 2.39 for a net debit of $ 30.21 per share. This trade lasts 123 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 17.57%. The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk).

Today's optimal covered call on TakeTwo Interactive has an assigned return rate of 4.12%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of TTWO stock at 58 per share and selling one contract of the TakeTwo Interactive Jun 2017 55 call for 5.2 for a net debit of $ 52.78 per share. This trade lasts 88 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 17.19%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk).

Today's optimal covered call on Innoviva Inc has an assigned return rate of 8.22%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of INVA stock at 12.93 per share and selling one contract of the Innoviva Inc Sep 2017 12.5 call for 1.39 for a net debit of $ 11.52 per share. This trade lasts 179 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 16.76%. The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk).

Today's optimal covered call on Leucadia National has an assigned return rate of 4.04%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of LUK stock at 26.33 per share and selling one contract of the Leucadia National Jun 2017 26 call for 1.35 for a net debit of $ 24.98 per share. This trade lasts 88 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 16.76%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk).

Today's optimal covered call on Quintiles has an assigned return rate of 2.68%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of Q stock at 81.51 per share and selling one contract of the Quintiles May 2017 80 call for 3.6 for a net debit of $ 77.9 per share. This trade lasts 60 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 16.3%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk).

Today's optimal covered call on Aci Worldwide Inc has an assigned return rate of 6.73%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of ACIW stock at 22.78 per share and selling one contract of the Aci Worldwide Inc Aug 2017 22.5 call for 1.7 for a net debit of $ 21.07 per share. This trade lasts 151 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 16.28%. The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk).

Today's optimal covered call on Moodys has an assigned return rate of 2.56%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of MCO stock at 111.93 per share and selling one contract of the Moodys May 2017 110 call for 4.7 for a net debit of $ 107.23 per share. This trade lasts 60 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 15.65%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk).

Today's optimal covered call on Owens Corning has an assigned return rate of 2.52%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of OC stock at 62.02 per share and selling one contract of the Owens Corning May 2017 60 call for 3.5 for a net debit of $ 58.52 per share. This trade lasts 60 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 15.38%. The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk).

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NOTE: All stocks and options shown are examples only. These are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.

STOCKS ON THE MOVE
Eli Lilly and Co (LLY), and Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) are moving higher this morning, while Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (DB) is headed lower.Johnson Controls International plc Ordinary Share (JCI), FireEye Inc (FEYE) and Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Nimble Storage Inc (NMBL), Caleres Inc (CAL) and Bunge Ltd (BG) were downgraded.

INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
Stocks in Asia are mixed. The Hang Seng is up 0.79%, the Shanghai SE Composite Index is up 0.41%, the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is down -0.35% the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is down -0.35% and the Mumbai Sensex is down -0.44%.Stocks in Europe are down. The CAC 40 is down -0.29%, the DAX is down -0.27%, the Euronext 100 is down -0.26% and the FTSE 100 is down -0.12%.

FUTURES & CURRENCIES
Energy futures are down today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is down -0.74 at 48.04 per barrel. Brent crude is down -0.58 at 51.18 per barrel. Natural Gas is down -0.03 at 2.91. Precious metals are mixed this morning. Gold is up 1.47 at 1230.73 per ounce. Platinum is down -3.47 at 961.5 while silver is down -0.03 at 17.38. The dollar is mixed compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is down against the euro, up against the Yen and up against the Pound.


PUT/CALL RATIO
Yesterday, 1,176,177 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 717,936 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.61 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.63.

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