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Unusual Trading Activity for Express Scripts Inc (ESRX)
Posted on 03/19/2010
 ESRX options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 851 put and 4,318 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.20. There were 5.07 calls traded for each put contract.
Options can be used as predictors of stock behavior. Investors can
use Put/Call ratios as technical indicators to read for signs of institutional sentiment. The
Put/Call ratios offer insight to investors and can be used as either a direct or contrarian
indicator for trading decisions. Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is
expected to make a move.
Shares of Express Scripts Inc gained $1.08 (+1.08%) to $100.72.
The stock closed at $99.64 in the last trading session and today the shares of ESRX opened at $101.08.
So far today, the stock has hit a low of $99.50 and high of $101.11. The current trading volume of 2,523,645
is greater than average volume of 2,154,620 shares.
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 $100.50.
by Leo Goldman
Options Analytics Group
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