DecisionPoint Sentiment Indicators

Overview

Sentiment indicators measure the bullishness or bearishness of a particular group. StockCharts provides sentiment data from professional traders and analysts, individual investors, active investment managers, options traders and newsletter writers. These indicators can be plotted in SharpCharts to look for bullish or bearish extremes.

Details

Symbol Group: DecisionPoint Sentiment Indicators

Publisher: Various

Update Frequency: Daily or weekly. The put/call indicators are updated daily after the market close, usually by 6:00 PM ET.

The other indicators are updated weekly.

Links to Current Symbols: DecisionPoint Sentiment

Sources

American Association of Individual Investors: www.aaii.com

Put-Call Data: www.cboe.com

National Association of Active Investment Managers: www.naaim.org

Wall Street Sentiment: www.wallstreetsentiment.com

Definitions

The put-call data from the Cboe is updated daily after the market close. This dataset includes put volume, call volume, and put-call indicators for the S&P 100 ($OEX), equities, and the Cboe. The equity indicators include all put-call data for stocks (excluding stock indices). The totals from the CBOE combine put-call data for equities and stock indices.

AAII stands for the American Association of Individual Investors. AAII takes a weekly survey by asking its members if they are bullish, bearish, or neutral. These results are usually available at StockCharts on Thursday or Friday.

NAAIM stands for the National Association of Active Investment Managers. This professional group reports its exposure to US stocks every week. The exposure index reflects the average exposure of NAAIM members. This data series is updated on Thursdays or Fridays.

The Wall Street Sentiment Survey measures the market opinion of a group of traders and analysts. Because this group is deemed more “professional,” its readings are not always viewed as contrarian. This data is updated every Monday.

Chart Example

Symbol List

StockCharts.com users can access an up-to-date list of symbols for all our DecisionPoint Sentiment Indicators. From this list, click the “Mentions” icon to the right of a specific symbol for more details about the symbol, and recent mentions in Public ChartLists, blog articles, and more.

Addditional Resources

ChartSchool Articles

Put-Call Ratio A sentiment indicator found by dividing put volume by call volume.

Rydex Asset Ratios Measures sentiment using the ratio of Rydex bullish/bearish funds.