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by Chris Johnson

02.01.10

We continue to hear people bring up the old rule, 'sell in May and go away.' While not quantifiable, the increased mention of this historically seasonal trend tells us that investors are looking to lock in profits from this rally instead of throwing everything in. more...

Unusually High Puts Activity

(High Put/Call Ratio)

Ticker
Symbol
Company Call
Volume
Put
Volume
Put/Call
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 708724 290470 0.41
AMZN Amazon.com 206510 274150 1.33
MOT Motorola Inc. 56144 229068 4.08
FXI Ishares Trust Ftse-xinhua China 25 Index Fund 40 218994 5.40
QCOM QUALCOMM Inc. 458420 169172 0.37
SNDK SanDisk Corp. 89578 85090 0.95
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. 14664 41648 2.84
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 3708 34360 9.27
FXE Currencyshares Euro Trust 12776 33562 2.63
PCU Southern Peru Copper Corp. 15336 28814 1.44
Stock Prices Updated: Fri Sep 3 23:41:45 EDT 2010 . Quotes delayed 20 min.
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by Jon Lewis

02.01.10

Quantifying sentiment can reveal times when a stock may be more susceptible to a reversal based on the idea that the market corrects itself when sentiment leans too far to one of these extremes. more...

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Earnings Season Primer

The quarterly ritual typically provides investors with a wealth of trading opportunities as earnings results are typically one of the more widely traded events at the company level. more...

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