Puts Purchased on CapitalSource

Shares of CapitalSource CSE are higher on the session by 0.87%, currently trading at $5.82. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months and is currently trading below the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the August 2011 $6.00 put traded 1,245 times on open interest of 1,123 contracts. Overall put volume is now running at 12.21x the daily average with 74% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. CapitalSource Inc. is a commercial lender, which through its wholly owned subsidiary, CapitalSource Bank, provides financial products to small and middle market businesses nationwide and provides depository products and services in southern and central California.