Price Alert for Express Scripts Inc (ESRX)
Posted on 03/16/2010
ESRX options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 404 put and 2,202 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.18. There were 5.45 calls traded for each put contract.
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.
Express Scripts Inc closed at $99.90 in the last trading session and opened today at $100.00.
The stock price declined $0.16 (-0.16%) to $99.74 in today's trading session.
ESRX is trading between the range of $98.58 - $100.50.
Volume is 1,250,525 in relation to the three month average volume of 2,396,380 shares.
The technical momentum Relative Strengh Index indicator shows overbought conditions.
ESRX is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher
than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $42.75 and 52 week high is $99.95.
by Leo Goldman Options Analytics Group
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ESRX options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 404 put and 2,202 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.18. There were 5.45 calls traded for each put contract.