put/call ratio- another technical indicator is the put/call ratio. the put/call ratio is the number of put options traded devided by the number of call options traded the put/call ratio can be constructed on the market or an individual stock. below you will find the number of puts and calls traded over a four week period fo all stocks.

week	puts	calls
1	1,874,986	1,631,846
2	1,991,650	1,772,815
3	2,187,450	1,976,277
4	2,392,751	2,182,270

how would you interpret the put/call ratio? calculate the put/call ratio for each week from the analysis, does it appear the market is expected to be upward trenfing or downward trending?