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What is Put/Call Ratio?

put open interest divided by call open interest.

The number

Put/Call Ratio is put open interest divided by call open interest.

What it means

puts are downside bets, calls are upside bets, over 1.0 means the options crowd is hedging or bearish.

Why it matters

options flow is smart money's footprint: they hedge before they run.

From the desk

The desk watches this alongside the nine Pulse Score signals when reading a coin. See Methodology for how the score fuses its inputs.

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Explainer generated Sep 24, 2026 from the desk glossary. Not financial advice.