Furthermore, this ratio ranks in the 69th annual percentile, indicating a greater-than-usual appetite for bullish bets over bearish.

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This ratio arrives in the 92nd percentile of its annual range, indicating that traders have purchased bullish bets over bearish at a faster pace only 8% of the time during the past year.

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This ratio ranks just seven percentage points shy of an annual peak, indicating that options traders have rarely been more pessimistic toward the shares in the past year.

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Furthermore, this ratio ranks below 83% of all those taken during the past year, indicating that traders have been more optimistic toward TXN only 17% of the time in the prior 52 weeks.

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Furthermore, this ratio ranks below 92% of all those taken during the past year, indicating that the speculative group has been more optimistic toward the shares only 8% of the time in the prior 52 weeks.

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This ratio is higher than 99% of all those taken during the past year, indicating that short-term options players have been more pessimistically aligned toward the shares only 1% of the time during the past 12 months.

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This ratio ranks higher than 60% of other such readings taken over the past year, indicating a growing appetite for puts over calls.

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Secondly, the ratio of Nasdaq to NYSE volume fell below 100% for the first time since 1998, indicating a contraction of speculative buying.

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This ratio is also lower than three-quarters of the readings taken during the past year, indicating that short-term option speculators have been more skeptical of the shares just a quarter of the time.

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