Current Put/Call Ratio Dashboard
Watch the latest market put/call ratio beside multi-year history for total, equity, and index option sentiment.
Latest ratio
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20-point average
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Average across the latest weekly history points.
Range position
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Percentile versus the loaded history window.
Prev change
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Change versus prior weekly close in the 3Y window.
Ratio History
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Latest Close
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Latest close ratio
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Contract volume breakdown is not included in this source.
Technical interpretation
What the put/call ratio measures
The put/call ratio compresses option activity into a single cross-sectional demand measure. It is useful because puts and calls express different convex payoffs, but it is scientifically fragile when read without product bucket, time window, liquidity, and hedging context.
Equity, index, and total ratios should not be mixed casually. Equity options contain single-name speculation, earnings trades, employee-stock hedging, and retail activity. Index options are more heavily shaped by institutional portfolio hedging, volatility overlays, and macro risk transfer. Total market readings blend both mechanisms.
Definition
PCR_volume = put volume / call volumeThe put/call ratio is a normalized flow statistic: put option activity divided by call option activity over the same market universe and time interval. A volume ratio uses traded contracts during the session; an open-interest ratio uses outstanding contracts after clearing.
Microstructure Meaning
PCR_OI = put open interest / call open interestA put trade can be bought protection, sold volatility, a hedge against long stock, or one leg of a spread. The ratio therefore measures revealed option demand and positioning pressure, not trader intent. Interpretation improves when the same series, interval, and product bucket are compared through time.
Regime Context
percentile = rank(current PCR in history)Absolute values are less informative than percentiles. A 0.95 equity ratio may be elevated during calm markets but normal during stress. This dashboard compares the latest reading with the loaded historical window so you can separate a high raw ratio from a statistically unusual one.
Interpretation discipline
Treat the ratio as a state variable, not a signal by itself. Robust analysis compares the current reading with its own history, separates equity from index flow, checks whether the move is volume-driven or open-interest-driven, and confirms whether prices, implied volatility, skew, and market breadth agree with the same risk narrative.
Recent History
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Data source
The dashboard loads current put/call ratio closes and history through a public CuteMarkets proxy.
CuteMarkets calculates each ratio directly: put volume divided by call volume. Raw Cboe call and put counts are retained in the table when available.
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