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Interesting Options Volume for Carrizo Oil & Gas (CRZO)
Posted on 03/05/2010
 Carrizo Oil & Gas options saw high put activity today. A total of 1,227 put and 154 call contracts were traded raising a high Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 7.97. There were 7.97 puts traded for each call contract.
Put/Call ratio can be regarded as a predictor of investment sentiment,
indicating what experienced investors are doing in preparation for a move of an underlying equity.
A high Put/Call ratio suggests that the investor sentiment is bearish and that investors are
expecting the underlying stock price to decrease. Conversely, a low Put/Call ratio implies
that the investor sentiment is bullish and that investors are expecting the underlying
stock price to increase. Thus, unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is
expected to make a move.
Shares of CRZO closed at $25.97 in the previous trading session and opened today at $26.11.
Carrizo Oil & Gas settled the day down $0.13 to $25.84 in the trading session.
The day's trading range is between $25.45 and $26.35 respectively. On the volume side,
589,935 shares were traded which is less than the average volume of 645,474 shares.
CRZO is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200
day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $6.71 and 52 week high is $30.22.
Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
sasha.gelf@marketintellisearch.com
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