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Options Update for Swift Energy Company (SFY)
Posted on 02/26/2010
 SFY options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 8 put and 1,015 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.01. There were 126.88 calls traded for each put contract.
Put/Call ratio is often used to measure investor sentiment,
the ratio serves as a predictor of investor behavior. A high Put/Call ratio suggests
that the investor sentiment is bearish and that investors expect the underlying stock
to decrease in value. In contrast, a low Put/Call ratio suggests that the investor
sentiment is bullish and that the underlying stock is expected to increase in value.
Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is expected to make a move.
Swift Energy Company closed at $29.37 in the last trading session and opened today at $29.51.
The stock price rose $0.42 (+1.43%) to $29.79 in today's trading session.
SFY is trading between the range of $29.48 - $30.16.
Volume is 615,454 in relation to the three month average volume of 473,147 shares.
SFY is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher
than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $4.83 and 52 week high is $30.53.
Swift Energy Company has earnings per share of $-1.17.
Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
sasha.gelf@marketintellisearch.com
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