Good morning, OEX was underperforming small cap during the last few months. I don't see a reason for having high OEX put interest, but it is a worth paying attention as a potential sell-signal. P/C ratio alert: OEX <A HREF="http://www.cboe.com/data/IntraDayVol.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.cboe.com/data/IntraDayVol.aspx</A> <img src=http://stockcharts.com/c-sc/sc?s=$OEX:$SML&p=D&yr=2&mn=0&dy=0&i=p72441875807&a=77668317&r=290> <pre> Half Hourly Volume Report for Selected Indices For 4/10/2007 DOW Industrials S&P 100 S&P 500 Time Calls Puts Total Calls Puts Total Calls Puts Total 9:00 AM 1303 548 1851 757 2904 3661 8140 21016 29156 9:30 AM 1708 1231 2939 1729 4904 6633 16513 41772 58285 10:00 AM 1873 1529 3402 2001 7885 9886 25131 72873 98004 10:30 AM 1891 1856 3747 2407 8757 11164 40067 93999 134066 11:00 AM 2051 2434 4485 4016 9630 13646 66158 134318 200476 11:30 AM 2394 2519 4913 4365 11086 15451 98539 170906 269445 12:00 PM 2454 3226 5680 4664 12080 16744 111060 195350 306410 12:30 PM 2499 3482 5981 5152 12618 17770 118948 211419 330367 1:00 PM 2530 3615 6145 5259 13235 18494 123872 217087 340959 1:30 PM 2549 3878 6427 5366 14253 19619 141574 241717 383291 2:00 PM 2569 3918 6487 5390 14429 19819 141803 243930 385733 2:30 PM 3419 4247 7666 5950 16600 22550 143793 250874 394667 3:00 PM 3472 6193 9665 6917 20834 27751 161617 267889 429506 </pre>