Calls Purchased on Moody's Corporation (MCO)

Shares of Moody's Corporation MCO are higher on the session by 3.32%, currently trading at $27.40. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The stock looks poised to break out. Options traders are buying calls on MCO today. A short while ago the January 2012 $30.00 call was purchased 3,700 times, on the offer, on open interest of 16,831 contracts. Overall call volume is now running at 3.39x the daily average with 92% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. Moody's Corporation is a provider of credit ratings; credit and economic related research, data and analytical tools; risk management software, and quantitative credit risk measures, credit portfolio management solutions and training services. The company operates in two segments: MIS and Moody's Analytics