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Trading Alert for Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD)
Posted on 03/10/2010
 Unusual volume of call contracts was traded today. There were 8,151 call contracts traded compared to the ten day average volume of 678 contracts. On the put side, 185 put contracts exchanged hands. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.02. There were 44.06 calls traded for each put contract.
The following alerts were raised:
- Unusual Call Volume
- Low Put/Call Ratio
- 90 Day Record High Call Volume
Options are useful tools for predicting the movement of the
underlying stock. Put/Call ratio statistics serve as a useful predictor of investment
sentiment, indicating what experienced investors are doing in preparation for a move of an
underlying stock. Thus, unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is
expected to make a move.
Shares of PXD closed at $49.43 in the previous trading session and opened today at $49.22.
Pioneer Natural Resources settled the day up $1.61 to $51.04 in the trading session.
The day's trading range is between $49.04 and $51.10 respectively. On the volume side,
2,299,920 shares were traded which is greater than the average volume of 1,626,570 shares.
PXD is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200
day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $12.20 and 52 week high is $54.03.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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