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Re: [RT] Option Sentiment Indicator



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You must have invented a time machine? Even illegal inside information is not 100 % since inside deals do not always work out. Be carefull since the sec might consider use of a time machine as advance information which might be considered illegal.  
  profitok <profitok@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
Helloyou must look at the ratio  was it as hi as  7 to 1or 10 to 1?Alsowhen you examine open interest  tonight after the close 6 pm est and thenexamine it again at  830am est you see a  BIG difference as the exchangehad the final   countSO  what count the most is  the morning prior to  expirationbut even  the day before would show  10 to 1  you  could bet the housenice dayBen----- Original Message -----From: "BobR" <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 11:40 AMSubject: Re: [RT] Option Sentiment Indicator> Perhaps that works two out of three times, not so sure about 3 out of 3> expirations though.  I recall some March expirations that had large putopen> interest and it was accompanied by a large downdraft in stock prices.  The> contrary notion did not work.>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: "profitok" <profitok@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 8:35 AM> Subject: Re: [RT] Option Sentiment Indicator>>> > Alex> >> > I have lost $500000   between 1973 and 1987  in the option game,,> > and FINALLY  figured out  how to  decide at what  spice an index orstock> > will close  on expiration  day> > it is very simple at that is what you want reported  hourly> > the  open interest  for example for the qqq  Feb.  38  put  compare tothe> > open interest of the 38  call> > the same for 39 and 40> > and same for 37 36 and 35> > (a total of 5 above current price and 5 under current price)> > what you will see is  that when put  open interest is 5 times and aboveof> > the call open interest  that price CAN  be broken intra day  but not ona> > closing bases,,> > a   7 put to 1 call ratio  would be  VERY  unlikely  to have penetrated> > intra day> > and  10 and above I would bet  my home on it   to not be  traded under,,> > this would be very useful as one would know  the MAJOR  support  and> > resistance  and sell calls when we get close to resistance or buy puts> > any questions?> > nice day> > Ben> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: "Jacobson, Alex" <AJacobson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:32 AM> > Subject: [RT] Option Sentiment Indicator> >> >> > > Hey list .. I'd like your input on a proposed new sentiment indicator.> > >> > > Here at the ISE all of our orderflow is electronic .... retail,> > > institutional, professional ... it's all electronic.  What we are> thinking> > > about doing is taking periodic snapshots  (maybe every 10 seconds) of> our> > > completed orderflow.  Orders to buy calls or sell puts would be> considered> > > bullish and orders to buy puts and sell calls would be considered> bearish.> > > The data may or may not be weighted by the size of the orders .. too> early> > > to tell.  Some folks have suggested weighting the data based on most> > active> > > issues as well.> > >> > > In effect if in the 10 second window we completed 500 bullish ordersand> > 400> > > bearish orders the indicator would be 1.25 .... again scale issues are> yet> > > to be worked out.  Zero numbers would a problem and we are working out> > some> > > thoughts on that.  It has never occurred, but it is not impossible.> > >> > > In effect this would create a pseudo tiki type indicator based onoption> > > orders completed .......  tiki has some advantages because of marketcap> > > issues.> > >> > > I'd appreciate hearing your comments.> > >> > > Alex Jacobson> > > Vice President Business Development> > > I S E> > > 212 897 8125> > > 212 425 4926 (FAX)> > > 877 7209918  (SKYPAGE)> > > ajacobson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> > >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:> > > realtraders-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> > >> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > >> > >> >> >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:> > realtraders-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject tohttp://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> >> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:> realtraders-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:realtraders-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxYour use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Do You Yahoo!?
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