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Trading Alert for Torchmark Corp (TMK)
Posted on 03/09/2010
Unusual volume of call contracts was traded today. There were 640 call contracts traded compared to the ten day average volume of 109 contracts. On the put side, 47 put contracts exchanged hands. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.07. There were 13.62 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 Torchmark Corp slipped $0.12 (-0.24%) to $50.44.
The stock closed at $50.56 in the last trading session and today the shares of TMK opened at $50.19.
So far today, the stock has hit a low of $50.13 and high of $50.69. The current trading volume of 590,962
is less than average volume of 636,631 shares.
TMK is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200 day moving average.
The technical momentum Relative Strengh Index indicator shows overbought conditions.
The stock's 52 week low is $16.41 and 52 week high is $50.71.
Unusual volume of call contracts was traded today. There were 640 call contracts traded compared to the ten day average volume of 109 contracts. On the put side, 47 put contracts exchanged hands. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.07. There were 13.62 calls traded for each put contract.