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Unusual Trading Activity for NYSE Euronext (NYX)
Posted on 03/10/2010

Unusual volume of call contracts was traded today. There were 336,771 call contracts traded compared to the ten day average volume of 6,297 contracts. On the put side, 2,123 put contracts exchanged hands. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.01. There were 158.63 calls traded for each put contract.

The following alerts were raised:
- Unusual Call Volume
- Low Put/Call Ratio
- 90 Day Record High Call Volume

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.

NYSE Euronext closed at $28.62 in the last trading session and opened today at $28.62. The stock price declined $0.25 (-0.87%) to $28.37 in today's trading session. NYX is trading between the range of $28.15 - $28.64. Volume is 3,754,872 in relation to the three month average volume of 3,165,370 shares. The technical momentum Relative Strengh Index indicator shows overbought conditions. NYX is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $15.76 and 52 week high is $31.93.

by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group