Bulls Banking on American Capital, Ltd. (ACAS)

Shares of American Capital, Ltd.

are higher on the session by 1.22%, currently trading at $9.15. 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. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the April 2011 $10.00 call was purchased 6,700 times, on the offer, on open interest of 625 contracts. Overall call volume is now running at 4.04x the daily average with 72% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. American Capital, Ltd. is an equity firm and a global asset manager. The company invests in private equity, private debt, private real estate investments, early and late-stage technology investments, special situation investments, alternative asset funds managed by the company and structured finance investments.