Notable Call Options Activity in Atlas Pipeline Partners

Shares of Atlas Pipeline Partners

are higher on the session by 0.78%, currently trading at $37.44. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing the heaviest volume is the May 2012 $38.00 call, which has traded 950 times on open interest of 2,241 contracts. Calls are outpacing puts today by 8 to 1. Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. is a provider of natural gas gathering, processing and treating services in the Anadarko and Permian Basins located in the southwestern and mid-continent regions of the United States and a provider of natural gas gathering services in the Appalachian Basin in the northeastern region of the United States.