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Re: Is the S&P Index P/C ratio wrong?



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You may be interested in an article in this week's Barron's (pg. MW10) that compared the prices, rather than the volumes, of puts
and calls.  FYI

Bill Bancroft

THE DOCTOR wrote:

> 40,000 of the calls was as a result of a spread trade from a single customer
> 16,000 X 16,000 X 8,000.  It was not a directional trade.
>
> Proffittak@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 9/9/99 8:54:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > dbisn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > << The CBOE data says the SPX  P/C  is about 0.47; I haven't seen it as low as
> >  this for some time,  or am I mistaken? And, is this THE 'smart' or
> >  'not-smart' money?
> >
> >  SPX          CALL  VOLUME:  100889
> >  SPX          PUT   VOLUME:   47506
> >
> >  For a historical listing of CBOE Market Statistics Summaries, visit the
> >  following web address: http://www.cboe.com/tools/statistics/summeriz.asp.
> >   >>
> > hi
> >
> > this is  an EARLY  warning that we will top in  3-5 buss days
> > hope this help
> > Ben