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Options Activity for Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD)
Posted on 03/11/2010
 PXD options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 89 put and 2,999 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.03. There were 33.70 calls traded for each put contract.
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 Pioneer Natural Resources edged up $0.12 (+0.24%) to $51.09.
The stock closed at $50.97 in the previous trading session and opened today at $50.74.
The price of the stock ranged between a low of $50.25 and $51.32 respectively.
The stock price rose $0.12 (+0.24%) to $51.09 in today's trading session.
The trading volume of 1,676,595 is above the 90 day average volume of 1,647,230 shares.
PXD is trading above the 50 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $13.73 and 52 week high is $54.03.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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