Put Call Ratio

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Disciplined Approach to Investing  May 21  Comment 
In the third week of August last year we noted the equity put/call ratio had climbed above 1.0 as noted in the post, Equity Put/Call Above 1.0 Again. As we wrote in that post, "The equity P/C ratio tends to measure the sentiment of the...
The Economic Times  May 10  Comment 
Derivatives traders are closely watching the direction of the put-call ratio - a popular options sentiment indicator.
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Market Intelligence Center  Feb 6  Comment 
Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC) saw its put-call ratio spike to 13.82 on Monday with 3,579 puts and 259 calls changing hands. More than 3,000 of the put contracts were on the February 45 put, which is 0.5% in the money and expires just days after the...
Market Intelligence Center  Feb 6  Comment 
Carnival (NYSE: CCL) was lower Monday after reports over the weekend that more than 100 people were sickened by a stomach virus on one of the company's cruise ships. The put-call volume ratio rose to 32.80 with 1,148 put contracts and 35 calls...
Market Intelligence Center  Jan 27  Comment 
Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) rose Friday and the put-call volume ratio rose to 65.00 with 1,365 put contracts and 21 calls changing hands. The March 19 put attracted particular attention with that contract trading 1,206 times. A March 20/17 Out of...
Market Intelligence Center  Jan 26  Comment 
Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) was lower Thursday and the put-call ratio rose to 46.37 with 1,252 put contracts and 27 call contracts traded. A May 80/85 Out of The Money Bear-Call Credit Spread looks like an attractive way to play TIF today. This strategy...
Market Intelligence Center  Jan 26  Comment 
Market Intelligence Center  Jan 24  Comment 
Murphy Oil (NYSE: MUR) is lower Tuesday after the company announced that it will take a $370 million impairment charge in the fourth quarter. The charge is related to lower-than-expected production and recovery from an oil field off the coast of...
Market Intelligence Center  Jan 24  Comment 
Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) was higher Tuesday after an analysts at UBS said the impact of the Costa Concordia disaster on overall cruise ship bookings could be less than feared. The put-call ratio rose to 51.52 with 2,576 put contracts...
Market Intelligence Center  Jan 23  Comment 
Forest Oil (NYSE: FST) got a boost Monday after analysts said the company appears undervalued in light of the C$1.5 billion Apache (APA) is paying Cordillera. The put-call ratio rose to 20.68 with 1,510 puts and 73 calls traded. A March 12/10 Out...
Market Intelligence Center  Jan 23  Comment 




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The volume of put options traded to the number of call options traded currently

The Put Call ratio (alternately "Put to Call", "Put / Call") is a ratio comparing the volume of put options to the volume of call options traded on the CBOE.

It is often used as an indicator of market confidence; when the ratio is high (above 1.00) the profusion of put options suggests investors expect the market to go down. Conversely, a low number (below 1.00) suggests investors expect the market to go up based on the volume of call options.

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