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Re: OEX P/C



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PREVIOUS day's OEX :
 call Vol   -   38278      Put Vol  - 49854

Interesting, here is yesterday's (08/27/98)  SPX vol  & OI :
call VOL - 51199      Put Vol - 94668
Call OI  - 900785      Put OI   - 1330263

Sellers couldn't resist selling fat juicy options with VIX shooting above
40.
The ATM calls & puts are near 19 !!!

-----Original Message-----
From: MORIMOTO, Kozo (FinAssets) <Kozo.MORIMOTO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 9:57 PM
Subject: RE: OEX P/C


>> This looks interesting:
>>
>> S&P 100 Index-(OEX,OEW,OEY)
>> OEX CALL VOLUME: 140725 OEX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 177233
>> OEX PUT VOLUME: 92299 OEX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 224078
>> OEX TOTAL VOLUME: 233024 OEX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 401311
>> OEX LEVELS HIGH: 536.79 LOW: 512.74 CLOSE: 515.81 -20.98
>>
>> Why would so many more calls than puts be brought in a market like
>> today's?
>> Some believe we are bottoming?
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>Please excuse my ignorance, but how can you tell from the above that people
>were buying?  Maybe they were covering their losing positions?  You don't
>happen to have the previous day's O/I?
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