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Unusual Trading Activity for Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD)
Posted on 03/12/2010
 Unusual volume of put contracts was traded today. There were 2,470 puts contracts versus the ten day average volume of 290. On the calls side, 3,470 calls contracts were traded. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.71. There were 1.40 calls traded for each put contract.
Put/Call ratio is often used to measure investor sentiment,
the ratio serves as a predictor of investor behavior. A high Put/Call ratio suggests
that the investor sentiment is bearish and that investors expect the underlying stock
to decrease in value. In contrast, a low Put/Call ratio suggests that the investor
sentiment is bullish and that the underlying stock is expected to increase in value.
Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is expected to make a move.
Shares of Pioneer Natural Resources edged up $1.73 (+3.39%) to $52.82.
The stock closed at $51.09 in the previous trading session and opened today at $51.56.
The price of the stock ranged between a low of $51.50 and $52.85 respectively.
The stock price rose $1.73 (+3.39%) to $52.82 in today's trading session.
The trading volume of 2,291,837 is above the 90 day average volume of 1,648,280 shares.
PXD is trading above the 50 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $14.47 and 52 week high is $54.03.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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