Put Call Ratio

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Daily US Stock Market Fundamental & Technical Analysis  Oct 29  Comment 
Like a tame baby, the Dow tested its 50MA as I have expected it to, closing down by 119 points to end at 9762 points. Yes, the market has rarely been this predictable. In fact, its really when greed and fear is at their highest when the market is...
UnBiasedTrading (TM)  Oct 24  Comment 
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UnBiasedTrading (TM)  Oct 15  Comment 
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Gold Versus Paper  Aug 23  Comment 
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">is at an extreme level currently when using the Chicago Board of Options Equity Put to Call Ratio ($CPCE). The current spike can be put into perspective when comparing it to
UnBiasedTrading (TM)  Aug 22  Comment 
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Mondo Visione  Aug 17  Comment 
With its new "Scoach Put/Call Sentiment", the Frankfurt certificate exchange Scoach offers a barometer for gauging the latest sentiment on the certificate market. Investors can use the new information offer as a basis for their trading decisions.
The Technical Take  Jul 26  Comment 
Investor sentiment remains little changed after a two week "melt up". The "Dumb Money" indicator is shown in figure 1. The "Dumb Money" indicator looks for extremes in the data from 4 different groups of investors who...
Daily US Stock Market Fundamental & Technical Analysis  Jul 23  Comment 
The Dow retreated 34 points today as short term bullish momentum fades. Yes, this is the start of the retest of the 200 days moving average that I have been talking about for the past few days and is the retest that will confirm this breakout. In...
The Technical Take  Jul 5  Comment 
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EX-SKF  Jun 29  Comment 
As the stock market appears suspended in mid air for much of May and June, I'm looking for any clue as to where it is heading. I hope it is heading somewhere, and not flat-lining forever. (Never say never, it could happen.)Here's a weekly 3-year...
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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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