The term "put/call ratio" is familiar even to investors who have never traded an option, as it is widely used by analysts to measure the sentiment in the options market for use as a contrarian market timing indicator. The theory is that when this ratio is high it means that pessimism abounds among option speculators, which often signals a good time to buy.
It is particularly instructive to focus on those stocks whose put/call ratios have exceeded 1.00; in other words stocks whose put open interest has been larger than their call open interest. This is an unusual situation historically as it is not "natural" for there to be more pessimistic activity (Puts) than optimistic activity (calls).
The table below displays companies with current Schaeffer's Open Interest Ratios greater than one. Each record displays current call and put open interest along with the SOIR Reading.
Ticker
Call Open Interest
Put Open Interest
SOIR
AB 4,796
4,837
1.01
ABX 109,200
116,066
1.06
ACH 2,490
7,434
2.99
ACN 15,425
18,291
1.19
ADY 1,254
2,252
1.80
AET 17,852
25,532
1.43
AFFY 3,645
7,436
2.04
AH 2,571
4,581
1.78
AIBYY 3,669
4,635
1.26
AIR 1,374
1,375
1.00
ALGT 1,209
1,850
1.53
ALK 3,322
6,587
1.98
ALKS 5,156
5,498
1.07
AM 1,112
1,190
1.07
AMD 89,441
129,317
1.45
AMJ 3,418
9,884
2.89
AMZN 60,961
64,857
1.06
ANH 1,453
2,675
1.84
APA 22,256
23,635
1.06
ARBA 2,088
2,763
1.32
ARE 1,002
1,020
1.02
AREX 3,911
6,908
1.77
ARG 2,465
2,667
1.08
ARIA 29,594
44,775
1.51
ARMH 33,042
62,111
1.88
ARR 1,131
1,863
1.65
ARRS 2,258
2,587
1.15
ASH 4,793
5,332
1.11
ASIA 5,041
11,779
2.34
ATPG 17,038
21,003
1.23
AVB 6,257
6,892
1.10
AVEO 1,256
2,021
1.61
AXP 57,326
73,246
1.28
BAC 1,105,757
1,286,540
1.16
BBBY 19,471
21,653
1.11
BBH 1,331
3,041
2.28
BBVA 8,290
10,784
1.30
BCS 9,730
21,383
2.20
BEN 4,058
7,247
1.79
BG 21,577
25,903
1.20
BGS 2,761
3,102
1.12
BHP 35,176
55,897
1.59
BID 4,663
5,972
1.28
BIG 23,126
24,834
1.07
BIIB 14,245
20,544
1.44
BKD 1,083
2,144
1.98
BMO 2,647
3,630
1.37
BPAX 5,413
7,438
1.37
BPI 8,215
13,494
1.64
BPL 3,496
4,065
1.16
BWLD 1,061
1,221
1.15
BXS 1,105
1,586
1.44
BZH 9,178
9,452
1.03
C 261,940
319,267
1.22
CAAS 2,671
2,707
1.01
CADX 22,184
25,058
1.13
CAKE 6,027
6,887
1.14
CAT 103,294
108,973
1.05
CAVM 2,138
4,457
2.08
CBG 4,042
20,162
4.99
CCC 1,590
1,931
1.21
CECO 6,582
8,487
1.29
CERN 2,167
3,525
1.63
CF 15,420
20,207
1.31
CHOP 1,827
2,680
1.47
CIEN 103,317
118,314
1.15
CISG 4,528
10,757
2.38
CIT 6,314
15,877
2.51
CKP 1,107
5,217
4.71
CLF 32,928
36,359
1.10
CLMT 3,643
3,732
1.02
CMA 16,754
18,064
1.08
CME 2,671
4,446
1.66
CMG 7,984
8,642
1.08
CMTL 4,685
10,141
2.16
CNQ 3,475
4,077
1.17
CNQR 1,635
1,921
1.17
CNW 1,304
3,050
2.34
COCO 5,728
6,671
1.16
COF 13,224
14,231
1.08
COG 11,583
18,020
1.56
COH 14,576
42,380
2.91
COST 27,341
27,728
1.01
CPX 2,407
2,905
1.21
CREE 15,608
18,686
1.20
CRK 1,068
1,525
1.43
CRM 24,342
31,608
1.30
CS 1,187
2,928
2.47
CSC 3,187
3,942
1.24
CSIQ 5,954
7,613
1.28
CTRP 1,998
4,393
2.20
CTXS 3,584
5,839
1.63
CVX 28,144
28,612
1.02
CX 23,214
43,502
1.87
CYB 2,396
2,766
1.15
CYD 2,356
2,407
1.02
CYOU 2,354
3,127
1.33
D 4,726
5,699
1.21
DB 13,512
75,926
5.62
DBC 9,873
10,251
1.04
DDD 4,207
10,455
2.49
DECK 4,956
5,015
1.01
DEER 1,093
2,793
2.56
DELL 93,954
177,276
1.89
DIA 68,500
76,249
1.11
DIG 1,284
2,226
1.73
DJX 14,926
18,844
1.26
DMND 1,057
1,308
1.24
DNKN 1,025
1,490
1.45
DNN 14,936
15,621
1.05
DOLE 1,370
5,007
3.65
DRI 8,285
10,629
1.28
DV 3,333
3,539
1.06
ED 6,157
9,278
1.51
EDC 8,762
9,815
1.12
EDU 9,941
11,415
1.15
EEM 423,533
903,120
2.13
EFA 188,857
368,199
1.95
EGHT 1,685
1,756
1.04
EL 6,637
7,857
1.18
ELX 18,364
24,465
1.33
ELY 1,293
2,781
2.15
EMC 103,170
146,927
1.42
EPI 3,075
5,193
1.69
EQR 6,992
14,827
2.12
ERIC 11,532
13,476
1.17
ERX 11,332
14,772
1.30
ESI 9,837
10,480
1.07
ETR 1,450
2,303
1.59
EWA 11,169
13,026
1.17
EWC 1,404
2,154
1.53
EWP 3,691
6,062
1.64
EWT 2,758
14,629
5.30
EWY 20,179
37,719
1.87
EWZ 109,088
144,160
1.32
EXH 1,098
1,953
1.78
EXPD 7,352
15,164
2.06
FAS 91,536
101,148
1.11
FDX 51,810
68,712
1.33
FII 3,170
4,135
1.30
FIO 2,796
2,798
1.00
FLIR 2,131
2,277
1.07
FLO 1,354
1,449
1.07
FLS 4,414
6,277
1.42
FMCN 14,153
21,735
1.54
FOSL 1,840
2,805
1.52
FRT 1,477
2,187
1.48
FSLR 24,666
26,896
1.09
FTE 1,493
2,354
1.58
FTR 11,684
13,785
1.18
FXA 1,614
5,480
3.40
FXB 1,393
2,227
1.60
FXE 23,072
95,528
4.14
FXF 2,667
2,745
1.03
FXY 2,688
25,268
9.40
GCI 22,626
24,550
1.09
GCVRZ 2,270
3,844
1.69
GE 271,650
473,188
1.74
GGP 4,256
5,912
1.39
GMCR 13,894
17,271
1.24
GNK 9,525
20,380
2.14
GRMN 11,303
15,146
1.34
GSG 2,668
10,081
3.78
GSK 14,049
15,819
1.13
GT 28,334
40,289
1.42
GURE 5,410
5,948
1.10
GWW 2,246
3,831
1.71
HAS 6,410
7,039
1.10
HBC 10,065
11,674
1.16
HCA 2,580
6,005
2.33
HCBK 11,212
14,571
1.30
HCN 1,107
1,654
1.49
HDB 7,449
11,000
1.48
HFC 8,821
13,051
1.48
HIG 8,334
12,822
1.54
HLF 9,052
9,671
1.07
HLIT 1,759
2,775
1.58
HNZ 1,653
2,631
1.59
HOGS 5,754
6,359
1.11
HP 1,742
1,810
1.04
HRB 9,924
20,100
2.03
HRBN 53,347
69,263
1.30
HRS 8,512
8,817
1.04
HST 16,632
39,542
2.38
HYG 1,731
11,130
6.43
IBB 3,550
6,785
1.91
IBM 69,677
101,207
1.45
IBN 3,237
6,264
1.94
IEF 1,712
2,508
1.46
IFF 1,138
2,406
2.11
INFY 8,642
10,995
1.27
ING 9,106
14,690
1.61
INSP 1,383
1,997
1.44
INTC 380,039
391,342
1.03
IO 5,099
8,434
1.65
ISRG 6,423
6,710
1.04
ITB 1,716
2,225
1.30
ITRI 2,977
3,761
1.26
ITT 30,399
37,275
1.23
IWM 547,349
2,369,152
4.33
IWN 5,033
5,781
1.15
IWO 4,476
6,867
1.53
IYF 3,123
3,260
1.04
JAH 2,934
3,804
1.30
JCP 20,589
36,798
1.79
JEC 4,912
7,851
1.60
JKS 3,286
3,321
1.01
JNK 1,235
5,800
4.70
JOYG 16,360
20,277
1.24
JPM 185,810
259,476
1.40
KBH 47,195
52,997
1.12
KCG 2,990
4,799
1.61
KIM 1,588
2,764
1.74
KIRK 1,040
4,212
4.05
KMP 7,519
15,003
2.00
KR 8,525
11,338
1.33
KRE 3,365
9,684
2.88
KRO 1,263
2,489
1.97
KSU 1,477
2,404
1.63
LEN 17,238
33,665
1.95
LL 5,256
5,938
1.13
LLEN 2,464
3,706
1.50
LM 6,214
8,727
1.40
LNCR 1,926
8,268
4.29
LNKD 12,840
17,011
1.32
LO 3,542
4,449
1.26
LOW 79,020
90,749
1.15
LPHI 2,215
3,922
1.77
LULU 12,559
16,900
1.35
LXK 11,549
26,669
2.31
LYB 1,995
3,857
1.93
M 37,521
37,683
1.00
MA 22,054
27,018
1.23
MAS 5,135
6,150
1.20
MCD 26,492
29,038
1.10
MCK 8,580
8,830
1.03
MCO 19,530
23,592
1.21
MDY 10,702
10,881
1.02
MFA 1,827
3,368
1.84
MFW 1,126
1,278
1.13
MGM 37,196
48,349
1.30
MHK 2,000
3,961
1.98
MLM 2,774
3,660
1.32
MNTA 3,969
6,913
1.74
MO 30,544
39,945
1.31
MON 53,888
58,633
1.09
MR 4,289
4,668
1.09
MTL 13,878
19,324
1.39
MTOR 4,909
5,309
1.08
MW 1,285
1,527
1.19
MXIM 13,180
21,601
1.64
MYGN 2,535
7,438
2.93
NDX 74,601
129,585
1.74
NEE 1,701
2,114
1.24
NETL 16,006
32,309
2.02
NFLX 34,978
38,803
1.11
NFX 1,043
4,078
3.91
NIHD 2,670
5,623
2.11
NKTR 1,122
3,180
2.83
NOV 39,593
40,155
1.01
NRG 2,323
7,867
3.39
NTES 4,235
4,287
1.01
NTRI 1,083
1,235
1.14
NVLS 1,923
2,916
1.52
NVMI 1,058
3,815
3.61
NVS 10,175
12,882
1.27
NWS 28,872
32,229
1.12
NWSA 58,473
64,247
1.10
NYB 9,662
10,493
1.09
NYX 5,960
6,957
1.17
OEX 23,399
30,359
1.30
OIH 45,502
93,414
2.05
OMC 4,128
5,264
1.28
OMX 15,166
22,832
1.51
ORI 1,623
2,084
1.28
OSG 23,737
24,767
1.04
OXY 40,772
44,295
1.09
P 11,202
12,053
1.08
PAYX 5,944
6,422
1.08
PBR 155,098
163,170
1.05
PBY 1,947
3,308
1.70
PCL 8,114
9,551
1.18
PCLN 21,965
23,115
1.05
PCS 5,000
6,840
1.37
PCYC 16,799
35,687
2.12
PGN 10,609
11,790
1.11
PGR 1,328
2,944
2.22
PIR 1,582
1,714
1.08
PKX 2,690
4,350
1.62
PNC 32,164
36,212
1.13
POT 24,507
27,308
1.11
PPG 3,461
3,622
1.05
PRE 1,122
1,410
1.26
PRU 9,201
9,811
1.07
PZZA 1,564
1,859
1.19
QQQ 680,253
1,137,875
1.67
R 1,502
2,560
1.70
RAI 9,500
12,233
1.29
RAX 2,667
4,576
1.72
RBCN 1,013
1,054
1.04
RCL 6,465
8,637
1.34
RDN 6,183
18,183
2.94
RE 1,011
1,208
1.19
REGN 5,181
6,062
1.17
RENN 32,864
44,436
1.35
RGEN 1,075
5,010
4.66
RIG 39,113
42,686
1.09
ROP 1,576
1,926
1.22
ROSE 4,383
6,158
1.40
ROST 3,949
9,578
2.43
ROYL 1,119
1,558
1.39
RRD 1,269
1,600
1.26
RSX 21,766
34,410
1.58
RTH 2,529
3,994
1.58
RUT 124,343
184,070
1.48
RY 6,301
7,788
1.24
RYL 3,154
5,784
1.83
SA 5,764
6,470
1.12
SAFM 3,569
6,034
1.69
SBUX 43,881
97,828
2.23
SCHW 5,422
5,786
1.07
SFI 13,470
14,418
1.07
SFL 4,151
7,100
1.71
SFSF 1,883
2,577
1.37
SHLD 5,999
6,676
1.11
SI 7,106
7,726
1.09
SIGM 7,337
9,191
1.25
SIL 5,770
22,410
3.88
SKH 1,736
2,159
1.24
SKS 11,675
26,384
2.26
SLB 68,051
78,078
1.15
SLG 1,726
2,226
1.29
SM 12,833
27,870
2.17
SMH 61,106
66,266
1.08
SNDK 84,247
93,469
1.11
SNP 2,305
3,410
1.48
SNY 3,961
5,948
1.50
SOHU 5,377
5,705
1.06
SPG 18,735
23,062
1.23
SPR 1,747
1,858
1.06
SPX 1,200,899
2,332,442
1.94
SPY 2,487,662
6,670,838
2.68
SRZ 2,034
4,700
2.31
STD 7,790
12,577
1.61
STEC 47,336
69,436
1.47
STLD 16,454
38,894
2.36
STON 1,536
2,014
1.31
STRA 1,316
1,710
1.30
STT 14,765
24,858
1.68
STZ 1,308
1,792
1.37
SVM 36,064
79,052
2.19
SWK 7,107
10,124
1.42
SWY 5,736
7,074
1.23
TAL 1,372
10,750
7.84
TCB 1,059
5,120
4.83
TCK 21,520
22,783
1.06
TD 7,767
7,833
1.01
TEF 3,124
5,592
1.79
TEVA 23,662
32,053
1.35
THOR 2,093
2,176
1.04
TIF 19,773
26,238
1.33
TJX 4,259
7,967
1.87
TKLC 3,346
8,245
2.46
TLT 96,060
142,176
1.48
TMX 2,640
2,840
1.08
TQQQ 1,168
1,172
1.00
TRMB 1,207
1,900
1.57
TRN 4,360
5,523
1.27
TRV 8,831
12,486
1.41
TRX 11,471
19,999
1.74
TSCO 2,930
3,262
1.11
TSL 6,118
15,445
2.52
TSO 13,910
15,430
1.11
TSTC 4,200
4,972
1.18
TWC 3,725
6,443
1.73
TWX 30,125
42,319
1.40
TXI 2,808
9,532
3.39
TZOO 7,546
8,210
1.09
UAL 13,493
20,528
1.52
UEC 3,405
4,606
1.35
UFS 3,017
8,646
2.87
UHS 2,115
2,225
1.05
UIS 6,893
10,385
1.51
UNH 18,644
19,170
1.03
UNP 24,742
27,024
1.09
UPRO 2,098
2,380
1.13
URBN 4,223
4,334
1.03
UTHR 6,467
11,344
1.75
UVV 2,212
3,985
1.80
UWM 2,145
4,363
2.03
UYG 5,081
7,355
1.45
UYM 1,972
2,611
1.32
VECO 10,921
14,731
1.35
VFC 4,213
6,037
1.43
VIT 2,131
5,517
2.59
VMC 15,348
35,884
2.34
VMED 3,237
6,590
2.04
VNR 1,273
2,176
1.71
VRTX 9,578
12,853
1.34
VSH 3,985
6,035
1.51
VTR 4,922
5,366
1.09
WAT 2,280
2,747
1.20
WFC 252,041
364,608
1.45
WFR 50,095
56,395
1.13
WHR 4,251
4,882
1.15
WLL 2,106
3,200
1.52
WM 63,495
85,846
1.35
WMS 1,707
3,824
2.24
WNC 1,355
3,257
2.40
WNR 8,588
9,013
1.05
WPZ 6,316
8,335
1.32
WRLD 1,716
2,898
1.69
WSM 4,456
4,805
1.08
XDE 7,210
11,127
1.54
XLB 17,521
93,030
5.31
XLF 737,095
1,322,162
1.79
XLI 51,395
95,734
1.86
XLK 17,726
45,482
2.57
XLP 9,441
13,424
1.42
XLU 19,719
39,105
1.98
XLY 19,688
46,408
2.36
XME 15,738
41,417
2.63
XOP 19,180
72,549
3.78
XRAY 1,185
2,119
1.79
XRT 105,443
200,867
1.90
XSP 2,224
3,450
1.55
YNDX 9,546
11,800
1.24
YOKU 4,848
6,033
1.24
YRCW 101,641
290,931
2.86
YUM 14,212
14,911
1.05
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