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Interesting Options Volume for ProShares UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oi (SCO)
Posted on 03/03/2010

SCO options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 180 put and 1,468 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.12. There were 8.16 calls traded for each put contract.

Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is expected to make a move. Investors can use the Put/Call ratio statistics to measure trader sentiment. A high Put/Call ratio suggests that the overall investment sentiment is bearish and that investors expect the underlying stock to decrease in value. Conversely, a low Put/Call ratio implies that the overall investor sentiment is bullish based on the large amount of call options.

Shares of ProShares UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oi closed at $13.40 in the previous trading session and opened today at $13.23. SCO is currently trading at $13.00, down $0.40 (-2.99%) in today's trading session. The shares of the stock are trading between $12.90 and $13.46. Today's volume of 4,382,066 shares is greater than the average volume of 2,016,980 shares. SCO is trading below the 50 day moving average and lower than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $12.25 and 52 week high is $49.57. ProShares UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oi has earnings per share of $0.00.

Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
sasha.gelf@marketintellisearch.com