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Options Trader Alert for Textron Inc (TXT)
Posted on 03/10/2010
 Unusual volume of put contracts was traded today. There were 11,525 puts contracts versus the ten day average volume of 1,331. On the calls side, 640 calls contracts were traded. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 18.01. There were 18.01 puts traded for each call contract.
The following alerts were raised:
- Unusual Put Volume
- High Put/Call Ratio
A significant increase in the trading volume of a stock's option often is a precursor of movement by the underlying stock.
In such instances, Put/Call Ratio can be used as an investor sentiment indicator, where a high ratio implies that the overall
investor sentiment is bearish and a low Put/Call ratio implies that the overall sentiment is bullish.
Textron Inc (TXT) closed at $21.60 in the last trading session and opened today at $21.17. TXT is
trading at $21.81, up $0.21 (+0.97%) in today's trading session. The daily
low is $21.17 and the high is $22.07. The trading volume of 4,315,832 is below the
average volume of 5,140,530 shares. TXT is trading above the 50 day moving
average and higher than the 200 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $4.10 and 52 week high is $23.46.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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