Bulls Walk Away From U.S. Options Market as Put-Call Ratio Jumps
Why Options Traders Are Getting More Bearish
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Bearish sentiment toward stocks is rapidly worsening in the U.S. options market.
Based on the number of puts trading compared with calls on single stocks, pessimism is higher now than any time since 2012, data compiled by Bloomberg and the Chicago Board Options Exchange show. It’s mostly the result of a decrease in bullish calls, whose volume has declined 36 percent since January.