Wow! this might be a genuine forward-looking indicator! But then again, there are so many places that institutions might buy puts. But then again, this chart is impressive!

    $OEX   The charts are

    Posted by elliotw on 24th of Oct 2018 at 11:59 pm

    $OEX   The charts are available in the DPMI Chart Packs in stock charts (Put Call Ratio Chart Packs). Note the  COBE and Equity PCs behave the way you would expect. Low at Market highs and high readings at market lows. The $OEX are potentially the big caps held by large institutions which is why we may have a good indicator prior to large corrections, that works sometimes.  It seems to have worked in last 4 or so years .  But not at all major corrections in past 20 years. This concept came from Bruce Fraser (who writes on Stockchart.com)  from his  Wyckoff work. Wyckoff considers the buying and selling of large Institutions in the moving markets.

    A possible reason for the

    Posted by elliotw on 25th of Oct 2018 at 12:05 am

    A possible reason for the high $OEX PC before large market breakdowns is the Institutions are buying puts, and reversion potions as the market drops to the low. Hence the PC ration is getting lower now as the market drops. This is a hypotheses only put forward by Bruce Fraser. But makes sense.

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