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U.S. Steel is seeing aggressive put buying on heavy volume Monday, as the stock closes in on its 52-week low.
X stock [X
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Until it began to decline a little over a week ago, X had been trading in a fairly tight channel for the last three months. The stock may look relatively cheap at these levels, but today's put action may indicate expectations for further pressure.
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Big Steel Rivals:
Arcelor Mittal [MT
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Nucor [NUE
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POSCO [PKX
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AK Steel [AKS
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Pete Najarian is a professional investor, CNBC contributor, regular co-host of CNBC's "Fast Money" and co-founder of OptionMonster.com.
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