Notable Put Options Activity in Lincare Holdings

Shares of Lincare Holdings

are higher on the session by 1.57%, currently trading at $25.87. 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 puts today. The strike seeing the heaviest action is the March 2012 $26.00 put, which has traded 720 times on open interest of 52 contracts. The Feb2012 $26.00 put also traded 679 times on 97 contracts. Put volume is outpacing call volume by 125 to 1. Lincare Holdings Inc. is a provider of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to patients in the home