Puts Purchased on Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

Shares of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions MDRX are higher on the session by 1.29%, currently trading at $19.99. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the August 2011 $20.00 put traded 4,000 times on open interest of 39 contracts. Overall put volume is now running at 9.20x the daily average with 92% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., formerly Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc., is a provider of clinical software, services, information and connectivity solutions that are used by physicians and other healthcare providers to improve the quality of healthcare.