Calls Purchased on Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN)

Shares of Capitol Federal Financial CFFN are higher on the session by 0.71%, currently trading at $25.59. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months, though recently bottomed on high volume and is now trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the January 2011 $22.50 call was purchased 800 times, on the offer, for $3.00 on open interest of only 411 contracts. This signals new positioning on the strike. Overall call volume is now running at 3.70x the daily average with 100% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. Capitol Federal Financial is a federally chartered mid-tier mutual holding company. Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Capitol Federal Savings Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, which is majority-owned by Capitol Federal Savings Bank MHC, a mutual holding company and majority-owner of Capitol Federal Financial.