Notable Put Options Activity in Hatteras Financial

Shares of Hatteras Financial

are higher on the session by 0.07%, currently trading at $27.41. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. The strike seeing the heaviest action is the March 2012 $29.00 put, which has traded 450 times on open interest of 0 contracts. Small lots are active on the name today. Put volume is outpacing call volume by 2 to 1. Hatteras Financial Corp. is an externally managed mortgage real estate investment trust. The company invests primarily in single-family residential mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed or issued by a United States Government agency, or by a United States Government-sponsored entity.