Comments on: ISEE Options Sentiment: A Closer Look

by: Sentiment Overview: Week Of June 13th, 2008

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:56:16 +0000

[…] ISEE Sentiment This past Wednesday and Thursday the ISEE Sentiment measure fell to 74 and 75 - the lowest since mid March low this measure reached 56 (March 10th 2008). […]

by: Sentiment Overview: Week Of June 6th, 2008

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:05:03 +0000

[…] ISE Sentiment We got a surprising uptick in the ISE Sentiment index this past week. On Thursday it peaked at 192. To provide some perspective, on October 8th, 2008 the ISE sentiment index reached 279 and on October 29th 2008 it reached 275. […]

by: Sentiment Overview: Week Of May 30th, 2008

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:25:24 +0000

[…] ISE Sentiment I mentioned the ISEE during last week’s sentiment overview when it increased slightly as the market fell, showing that retail option traders were seemingly not worried. Even more bizarre, during the past shortened trading week as the market staged a strong recovery, the ISEE value actually fell. […]

by: Sentiment Overview: Week Of May 23th, 2008

Sat, 24 May 2008 18:15:50 +0000

[…] ISEE Sentiment This is rather odd. Usually when the market receives the kind of drubbing it got this week, option traders hurry to buy downside protection. But the reverse happened according to the ISE options data. The All Securities ISEE Sentiment Index actually went up from 117 to 140 on Friday. […]

by: Sentiment Overview: Week of March 28th, 2008

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:40:00 +0000

[…] ISE Sentiment This week we’ve seen a consolidation after last week’s rapid recovery. The ISE Sentiment Index, however, is showing that this has lead the retail option traders to quickly lose any excitement for the rally: […]

by: Sentiment Overview: Week Of February 22nd, 2008

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:40:21 +0000

[…] ROBO Put/Call Ratio The CBOE equity only put call ratio is the most famous measure of option sentiment but there are a few others. I’ve mentioned the ISEE Index several times (gathered from the ISE options exchange). […]

by: Fear & Loathing In The Stock Market

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:14:16 +0000

[…] Option Traders ISEE Sentiment Index reached 60 - meaning for every 100 puts, 60 calls were purchased by retail traders. The last time it was in this range was in March 2007 and August 2007. […]

by: Retail Option Traders Tad Too Giddy

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:14:29 +0000

[…] It’s not surprising to see the market falter heading into the new year when the ISE Sentiment Index reached the altitude of 168 on the last trading day of the year (Dec 28, 2007). […]

by: Sentiment Overview: Week Of November 16th 2007

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:19:34 +0000

[…] ISE Sentiment Index Last week (November 16th) the ISEE sentiment index fell to 68 - that is, 68 long call options were initiated for every 100 put options. This is not the extreme historical lows but it is low enough to be a strong signal. Perhaps of an upcoming intermediate bottom being carved out from abundant fear and loathing. […]

by: ISE Put/Call Ratio Gives Cautionary Sign

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:33:18 +0000

[…] I was looking over some different indicators to take the pulse of the market when I noticed that according to the ISE Sentiment there are too many calls being bought compared to puts right now. […]