PUT / CALL RATIO
Provided by Schaeffer's Investment Research
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
AAI 6,619
11,204
1.69
AAP 4,557
8,514
1.87
AAPL 327,031
337,767
1.03
ACC 3,528
10,010
2.84
ACF 13,298
16,058
1.21
ACH 20,901
21,770
1.04
ACL 13,360
15,874
1.19
ACOR 11,958
13,026
1.09
ADS 16,565
28,378
1.71
ADSK 14,213
18,218
1.28
AET 26,306
64,979
2.47
AFAM 2,243
3,013
1.34
AGNC 2,270
7,465
3.29
AGP 4,293
6,779
1.58
AIR 1,496
3,299
2.21
ALD 5,730
6,990
1.22
ALTH 1,785
7,378
4.13
ALU 39,418
40,136
1.02
ALV 1,399
3,468
2.48
AM 2,500
8,664
3.47
AMB 2,257
3,355
1.49
AMED 4,251
6,796
1.60
AMKR 8,768
23,453
2.67
AMX 27,899
78,665
2.82
AMZN 107,109
115,015
1.07
AN 28,151
30,814
1.09
ANF 22,991
53,790
2.34
ANN 13,825
22,803
1.65
APH 6,124
10,227
1.67
APOL 42,172
44,806
1.06
ARG 1,638
1,986
1.21
ARO 14,282
19,280
1.35
ARW 1,289
6,463
5.01
ASA 1,009
1,462
1.45
ASEI 2,286
2,451
1.07
ASML 10,997
18,786
1.71
ATHR 18,010
60,882
3.38
ATVI 31,699
49,974
1.58
ATW 6,422
9,392
1.46
AVP 13,156
17,428
1.32
AVT 2,120
2,591
1.22
AVY 1,161
2,994
2.58
AWI 2,071
2,908
1.40
AWK 1,849
2,652
1.43
AXP 106,669
223,009
2.09
AYR 1,247
2,177
1.75
AZO 14,538
24,584
1.69
BA 94,318
120,115
1.27
BBBY 51,131
70,967
1.39
BBD 10,480
10,784
1.03
BBOX 1,415
1,968
1.39
BBT 58,817
65,449
1.11
BBV 1,115
7,952
7.13
BCE 2,133
2,418
1.13
BEBE 3,452
3,715
1.08
BEN 10,238
12,472
1.22
BID 2,988
3,947
1.32
BIDU 37,884
41,431
1.09
BKD 1,666
3,245
1.95
BKE 4,059
4,450
1.10
BKS 3,694
3,812
1.03
BLK 5,153
8,206
1.59
BMC 19,266
24,642
1.28
BNS 1,330
1,351
1.02
BPOP 5,003
5,315
1.06
BPT 1,794
2,202
1.23
BPZ 2,134
2,546
1.19
BRCD 33,204
41,529
1.25
BRCM 38,171
95,207
2.49
BVN 5,252
5,645
1.07
BWA 2,845
12,233
4.30
BWEN 3,768
5,616
1.49
BWP 1,824
2,947
1.62
BXP 6,349
8,762
1.38
C 6,090,891
6,194,555
1.02
CALM 4,215
6,998
1.66
CAT 234,605
430,523
1.84
CAVM 20,267
21,023
1.04
CB 10,717
13,642
1.27
CBE 2,441
2,783
1.14
CBRL 5,316
10,640
2.00
CCMP 1,224
1,842
1.50
CCO 1,048
4,367
4.17
CECO 7,281
8,562
1.18
CEDC 3,459
4,045
1.17
CEG 7,877
7,889
1.00
CERN 15,393
22,223
1.44
CGRB 6,614
7,364
1.11
CGX 1,714
2,218
1.29
CHD 2,300
2,653
1.15
CHE 1,198
3,041
2.54
CHH 1,518
2,704
1.78
CI 18,732
19,531
1.04
CIEN 13,812
19,084
1.38
CLNE 4,635
4,777
1.03
CMA 16,886
17,511
1.04
CMG 14,757
21,305
1.44
CMO 1,834
2,427
1.32
CNC 1,184
2,073
1.75
CNP 1,622
2,774
1.71
CNQ 22,845
29,979
1.31
CNQR 1,565
6,175
3.95
CNW 3,103
13,137
4.23
CNX 11,730
17,134
1.46
COCO 6,939
8,602
1.24
COF 78,408
189,618
2.42
COGT 2,047
3,783
1.85
COL 2,229
2,346
1.05
COLM 1,828
2,696
1.47
COST 45,796
56,136
1.23
COV 7,544
12,658
1.68
CPN 8,330
22,915
2.75
CPTS 2,025
8,079
3.99
CPX 2,173
5,262
2.42
CRAY 1,159
1,310
1.13
CRDN 3,843
4,713
1.23
CRK 3,441
3,625
1.05
CRXL 3,543
4,638
1.31
CTL 1,475
3,001
2.03
CTV 13,376
14,337
1.07
CVA 12,231
14,087
1.15
CVH 6,703
8,053
1.20
CXW 1,603
1,744
1.09
CYC 2,147
2,383
1.11
CYMI 3,758
4,772
1.27
DAI 4,050
4,526
1.12
DB 4,158
10,811
2.60
DBD 1,496
2,110
1.41
DBO 2,338
2,683
1.15
DBRN 6,654
8,175
1.23
DCI 1,215
1,537
1.27
DD 20,448
31,941
1.56
DDS 6,445
7,007
1.09
DE 80,223
162,365
2.02
DF 10,574
11,096
1.05
DHI 48,814
109,328
2.24
DIA 212,053
242,255
1.14
DIN 3,703
6,001
1.62
DJX 134,599
135,016
1.00
DKS 7,086
11,613
1.64
DLB 3,019
6,069
2.01
DLTR 9,329
9,354
1.00
DOV 2,926
3,371
1.15
DPL 6,082
13,959
2.30
DPS 2,443
4,176
1.71
DRI 24,628
32,085
1.30
DRIV 4,095
9,791
2.39
DST 1,293
2,225
1.72
DSW 1,029
1,976
1.92
DTV 32,403
44,347
1.37
DV 3,541
5,073
1.43
DVA 3,296
4,735
1.44
DY 1,305
2,794
2.14
EAT 5,704
9,636
1.69
ECA 15,092
16,648
1.10
EEM 713,538
1,519,300
2.13
EEP 1,162
1,197
1.03
EFA 208,530
219,508
1.05
EIX 3,183
7,316
2.30
EK 20,578
28,393
1.38
EL 7,452
12,616
1.69
ELNK 4,958
5,718
1.15
ELY 2,750
2,910
1.06
EME 1,150
1,181
1.03
EPE 1,055
1,325
1.26
EPI 3,475
3,861
1.11
EQR 4,399
9,220
2.10
EQT 4,627
4,878
1.05
EQY 4,545
10,053
2.21
ESS 2,220
2,802
1.26
ETN 16,018
19,987
1.25
ETR 3,553
4,763
1.34
EUO 2,831
3,124
1.10
EV 2,641
4,468
1.69
EWG 4,779
22,788
4.77
EWH 8,434
41,875
4.97
EWJ 49,480
80,426
1.63
EWT 73,101
110,787
1.52
EWW 49,658
83,009
1.67
EWY 23,191
29,400
1.27
EWZ 253,653
417,657
1.65
EXEL 7,109
17,291
2.43
EXH 3,112
4,132
1.33
EXPD 7,724
18,315
2.37
EXPE 20,921
39,144
1.87
FAF 4,741
10,327
2.18
FAST 10,255
14,153
1.38
FCL 6,816
7,018
1.03
FCN 2,494
3,035
1.22
FE 6,979
13,715
1.97
FIS 1,127
2,459
2.18
FITB 74,826
93,023
1.24
FLR 22,154
22,360
1.01
FLS 9,231
13,848
1.50
FO 8,518
13,530
1.59
FOR 1,675
1,941
1.16
FRT 3,488
4,324
1.24
FSLR 71,200
72,886
1.02
FST 12,628
32,556
2.58
FSYS 5,753
5,794
1.01
FTO 14,969
20,183
1.35
FXB 3,295
7,150
2.17
FXE 13,334
23,077
1.73
FXI 298,810
404,748
1.35
FXY 25,059
28,446
1.14
GA 6,069
7,792
1.28
GDI 1,776
2,286
1.29
GDP 4,863
4,977
1.02
GES 7,292
12,683
1.74
GFA 1,516
2,482
1.64
GFF 1,084
1,890
1.74
GGB 14,684
20,882
1.42
GIL 2,111
2,482
1.18
GLBL 1,491
1,809
1.21
GM 318,678
325,670
1.02
GMCR 21,318
34,644
1.63
GMT 1,002
14,160
14.13
GPN 1,044
1,065
1.02
GRMN 16,878
23,748
1.41
GS 152,380
200,692
1.32
GTI 5,181
6,654
1.28
GTIV 1,183
2,016
1.70
GWR 1,319
5,950
4.51
HBC 40,881
66,777
1.63
HBI 4,023
8,152
2.03
HDB 1,377
4,463
3.24
HHH 1,163
1,441
1.24
HLTH 1,147
1,229
1.07
HMC 2,213
2,765
1.25
HME 2,784
6,707
2.41
HMSY 4,383
7,982
1.82
HNT 20,416
26,401
1.29
HNZ 18,516
19,090
1.03
HOG 48,366
90,390
1.87
HOTT 4,268
27,806
6.51
HSC 1,403
1,427
1.02
HSIC 2,231
2,444
1.10
HTS 2,726
6,973
2.56
HTZ 3,763
7,430
1.97
HW 5,558
6,361
1.14
HYG 3,707
4,349
1.17
IACI 3,194
9,836
3.08
IAI 1,462
1,941
1.33
IAT 1,121
16,128
14.39
IBB 23,685
25,235
1.07
IBKR 13,263
21,324
1.61
IBN 25,627
32,052
1.25
IEF 18,361
29,941
1.63
IJR 2,456
3,911
1.59
INFY 13,560
17,416
1.28
ING 5,301
11,484
2.17
IPHS 1,266
1,597
1.26
IR 25,561
41,082
1.61
IRM 3,957
61,539
15.55
ITG 1,133
1,336
1.18
ITRI 6,210
9,485
1.53
IWM 493,751
815,488
1.65
IYF 5,513
11,411
2.07
IYR 136,896
355,829
2.60
IYT 5,126
11,612
2.27
JACK 1,747
2,028
1.16
JBHT 5,657
7,524
1.33
JCI 21,984
45,672
2.08
JCP 34,723
56,734
1.63
JDSU 33,699
94,591
2.81
JNPR 64,095
112,832
1.76
JOSB 10,413
15,203
1.46
JOYG 33,749
43,252
1.28
JWN 35,509
73,080
2.06
KBR 7,868
15,014
1.91
KEG 1,867
2,380
1.27
KHD 2,574
2,728
1.06
KIM 3,503
3,851
1.10
KMP 16,260
25,348
1.56
KND 1,382
3,606
2.61
KRC 1,006
2,292
2.28
KRE 38,234
128,952
3.37
KSU 5,170
5,977
1.16
LBTYA 3,615
10,632
2.94
LEAP 11,807
13,542
1.15
LFC 27,441
36,664
1.34
LIZ 1,376
1,813
1.32
LLL 5,463
5,785
1.06
LMT 23,261
40,736
1.75
LNN 5,839
7,837
1.34
LRCX 6,802
13,155
1.93
LTD 14,626
37,058
2.53
LTM 5,056
7,067
1.40
LUFK 2,112
2,713
1.28
LULU 5,758
6,840
1.19
M 54,890
62,102
1.13
MA 50,638
55,528
1.10
MAC 10,236
12,728
1.24
MAR 15,382
24,127
1.57
MAT 8,624
9,983
1.16
MBI 25,146
28,286
1.12
MCF 2,959
3,319
1.12
MCO 24,657
42,444
1.72
MCRI 2,216
2,316
1.05
MCRS 2,553
2,656
1.04
MDC 7,449
7,690
1.03
MDY 7,278
10,919
1.50
MEE 41,251
41,493
1.01
MFC 4,182
12,923
3.09
MGA 3,653
4,246
1.16
MGM 93,842
101,415
1.08
MHK 10,502
16,944
1.61
MHO 2,525
3,342
1.32
MHP 7,192
7,292
1.01
MID 1,148
1,768
1.54
MMC 9,764
19,997
2.05
MNKD 14,455
14,730
1.02
MNX 109,892
132,492
1.21
MOH 3,572
5,197
1.45
MON 104,294
110,490
1.06
MRVL 50,506
92,418
1.83
MRX 2,477
3,652
1.47
MS 227,301
258,591
1.14
MTB 18,213
29,713
1.63
MTN 2,681
5,159
1.92
MW 3,147
12,862
4.09
MXB 2,561
8,637
3.37
MYGN 11,894
11,990
1.01
NAFC 1,328
1,394
1.05
NAT 12,325
19,013
1.54
NBR 43,343
61,481
1.42
NCS 7,487
11,998
1.60
NCTY 2,473
2,555
1.03
NDX 98,036
169,648
1.73
NETL 7,443
15,674
2.11
NFG 1,207
3,877
3.21
NFLX 19,932
26,137
1.31
NFX 7,784
9,485
1.22
NHP 1,676
1,990
1.19
NKE 48,460
54,499
1.12
NOC 12,810
13,008
1.02
NRF 1,473
2,274
1.54
NRG 50,624
94,719
1.87
NUE 56,717
57,385
1.01
NVLS 18,881
20,776
1.10
NYT 1,943
4,975
2.56
OEF 1,506
2,709
1.80
OEX 69,234
71,635
1.03
OFC 3,089
3,468
1.12
OIH 49,420
51,994
1.05
OMC 8,042
29,008
3.61
ONNN 1,297
3,205
2.47
OREX 1,730
2,499
1.44
ORI 4,239
5,323
1.26
OSK 12,997
13,044
1.00
OSX 8,090
8,762
1.08
OXPS 8,861
10,338
1.17
PALM 150,464
175,995
1.17
PARD 1,167
1,206
1.03
PBI 5,861
7,667
1.31
PBW 4,228
7,785
1.84
PCLN 20,408
29,111
1.43
PCP 15,659
17,776
1.14
PFCB 3,567
7,926
2.22
PFE 196,384
205,670
1.05
PFF 3,219
4,256
1.32
PFG 13,598
14,134
1.04
PGJ 1,034
1,079
1.04
PGR 8,073
11,178
1.38
PH 3,521
5,668
1.61
PLCE 5,658
6,456
1.14
PLL 1,951
1,975
1.01
PMCS 5,174
25,564
4.94
PNC 54,867
64,123
1.17
PNR 1,301
1,876
1.44
POOL 4,470
5,361
1.20
POT 167,823
234,680
1.40
PPG 11,143
12,640
1.13
PPH 6,273
7,660
1.22
PRE 1,394
1,851
1.33
PSA 6,908
8,580
1.24
PSEM 2,592
3,769
1.45
PTEN 18,284
22,730
1.24
PVH 2,394
3,065
1.28
PXD 16,328
22,658
1.39
PZZA 1,212
2,219
1.83
QDEL 1,183
1,266
1.07
R 4,906
5,091
1.04
RAH 2,337
2,802
1.20
RAI 6,698
7,994
1.19
RCL 38,924
51,230
1.32
RDEN 1,036
1,138
1.10
RE 3,007
3,450
1.15
REG 1,389
2,385
1.72
RHI 2,658
2,979
1.12
RJF 15,752
20,941
1.33
RKH 4,503
5,239
1.16
RL 10,542
14,154
1.34
RMN 2,935
3,710
1.26
RNR 1,326
1,752
1.32
RNWK 1,070
1,463
1.37
ROST 14,187
29,143
2.05
RRGB 1,332
1,333
1.00
RS 8,092
11,351
1.40
RSH 14,656
15,997
1.09
RSX 9,347
16,431
1.76
RT 1,327
2,120
1.60
RTH 47,834
49,248
1.03
RTP 16,307
25,441
1.56
RUT 316,337
377,187
1.19
RX 1,231
1,596
1.30
SAFM 2,698
3,212
1.19
SAH 1,389
2,993
2.15
SBAC 2,770
3,694
1.33
SBNY 1,165
2,804
2.41
SCO 5,287
8,600
1.63
SGMS 1,566
2,818
1.80
SHLD 26,804
36,926
1.38
SHY 1,360
12,212
8.98
SIAL 1,395
1,700
1.22
SINA 38,435
42,799
1.11
SIVB 1,046
2,222
2.12
SJM 7,307
7,528
1.03
SKS 6,186
8,164
1.32
SKT 1,153
3,812
3.31
SLAB 8,336
27,089
3.25
SLGN 2,856
3,098
1.08
SMH 88,380
120,693
1.37
SNE 7,111
16,129
2.27
SNP 6,903
10,391
1.51
SNTA 10,977
22,705
2.07
SNV 4,305
5,992
1.39
SNY 16,959
21,650
1.28
SOHU 11,066
17,299
1.56
SOX 9,036
13,234
1.46
SPF 2,616
6,571
2.51
SPG 35,729
77,907
2.18
SPNC 1,720
2,163
1.26
SPR 1,208
2,100
1.74
SPW 5,475
6,982
1.28
SPX 2,004,235
3,214,592
1.60
SPY 2,045,135
3,679,963
1.80
STAR 17,180
18,793
1.09
STD 5,150
8,451
1.64
STP 35,154
45,691
1.30
STRA 4,035
4,646
1.15
STT 77,047
88,068
1.14
STX 81,508
127,955
1.57
SVU 9,442
11,196
1.19
SWK 2,277
2,478
1.09
SWN 40,635
45,599
1.12
SWY 17,012
22,465
1.32
SY 2,286
2,807
1.23
SYMC 41,225
46,049
1.12
TCO 1,909
2,472
1.29
TDG 1,192
1,240
1.04
TDW 6,316
6,475
1.03
TECD 2,030
7,162
3.53
TEF 1,035
1,449
1.40
TEL 14,655
24,668
1.68
TGT 123,670
147,664
1.19
THI 2,270
4,638
2.04
THOR 3,521
4,032
1.15
TIF 26,863
55,295
2.06
TKC 4,603
6,446
1.40
TLAB 3,652
9,013
2.47
TLM 9,160
18,646
2.04
TM 7,535
13,618
1.81
TMO 11,459
14,126
1.23
TNA 19,249
19,837
1.03
TOL 32,303
37,454
1.16
TRAD 1,933
5,855
3.03
TRLG 3,629
5,706
1.57
TRV 13,814
20,325
1.47
TUP 2,226
2,365
1.06
TWC 22,616
24,213
1.07
TXN 64,906
103,157
1.59
TYH 1,335
1,386
1.04
UA 11,658
22,238
1.91
UBS 26,228
50,023
1.91
UNG 258,498
290,555
1.12
UPS 101,537
124,724
1.23
URBN 11,878
15,160
1.28
URE 50,235
109,096
2.17
USO 204,576
282,887
1.38
USU 35,661
56,275
1.58
UTHR 17,087
24,489
1.43
VAL 4,184
6,857
1.64
VE 2,005
2,559
1.28
VMED 8,433
23,093
2.74
VMI 3,850
5,806
1.51
VNO 13,322
27,258
2.05
VPRT 5,383
10,046
1.87
VRGY 1,382
3,961
2.87
VRSN 49,496
102,378
2.07
VTR 3,518
11,837
3.36
WAB 1,305
2,227
1.71
WABC 1,110
2,482
2.24
WAT 3,645
3,659
1.00
WBS 1,803
2,134
1.18
WDC 20,263
56,656
2.80
WERN 2,102
3,019
1.44
WFC 533,187
994,619
1.87
WFMI 41,792
58,106
1.39
WINN 2,159
2,324
1.08
WMS 1,920
3,866
2.01
WRLD 1,652
2,260
1.37
WSM 10,837
22,885
2.11
WSO 1,805
2,589
1.43
WTR 2,007
2,143
1.07
WTW 1,378
2,010
1.46
WU 11,753
11,932
1.02
XLB 56,531
105,610
1.87
XLE 284,275
303,856
1.07
XLF 1,031,209
1,177,029
1.14
XLI 113,524
195,922
1.73
XLK 34,294
47,611
1.39
XLP 30,433
44,992
1.48
XLV 36,550
71,591
1.96
XLY 41,446
136,364
3.29
XME 15,478
65,492
4.23
XRT 118,656
529,679
4.46
XSP 15,335
17,876
1.17
YGE 37,625
42,397
1.13
ZION 28,810
53,671
1.86
ZOLT 4,074
4,532
1.11
ZZ 4,567
6,283
1.38
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