Price Alert for Torchmark Corp (TMK)
Posted on 03/17/2010
Unusual volume of call contracts was traded today. There were 1,210 call contracts traded compared to the ten day average volume of 132 contracts. On the put side, 30 put contracts exchanged hands. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.02. There were 40.33 calls traded for each put contract.
The following alerts were raised:
- Unusual Call Volume
- Low 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.
Torchmark Corp (TMK) closed at $52.59 in the last trading session and opened today at $52.67. TMK is
trading at $53.62, up $1.03 (+1.96%) in today's trading session. The daily
low is $52.67 and the high is $54.42. The trading volume of 937,042 is above the
average volume of 623,059 shares. TMK is trading above the 50 day moving
average and higher than the 200 day moving average.
The technical momentum Relative Strengh Index indicator shows overbought conditions.
The stock's 52 week low is $22.97 and 52 week high is $52.61. The stock has a P/E ratio of 10.78 and a dividend yield of 1.08%.
by Leo Goldman Options Analytics Group
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Unusual volume of call contracts was traded today. There were 1,210 call contracts traded compared to the ten day average volume of 132 contracts. On the put side, 30 put contracts exchanged hands. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.02. There were 40.33 calls traded for each put contract.