In my never-ending search for capital efficiency in my portfolio, I have been leveraging my short-term, low risk bond holdings as collateral to gain exposure to equity indices like the S&P 500 (SPX) ...

SPYH ETF rated Sell: its collar strategy caps upside, rarely protects downside, and may face distribution cuts/NAV erosion.

On Friday, following the release of the stronger-than-expected November employment number, we saw a mixed reaction from market participants. It was mixed in terms of the initial reaction being bullish ...

A massive quarterly expiration of index options could move the market this week “… the SPX didn’t come close to retaking its 200-day moving average, as it did in early November 2023 following a 10% ...

Investment solutions that were once tailored for institutional investors have now become accessible to the retail market. As individual retail traders become more knowledgeable, their investment ...

The field of options trading is rapidly transforming, as zero-day-to-expiry (0DTE) options now comprise nearly half of the SPX options volume. 0DTE options trading has expanded about 60% annually ...

UBS thinks CTA positioning will exaggerate any downward movement. Option markets become extremely active around expiry on the third Friday of each month. Between now and the next major U.S. option ...

Sellers stepped in Friday morning when the S&P 500 Index (SPX) hit the 4,606 level “…note that SPX 4,606 now resides just overhead and is the site of the late-July intraday high before a correction ...

Strategists are describing the current environment as volatile, highlighting fears related to tariffs, Federal Reserve uncertainty, and whipsaw price action. The uncertainty factor is nothing new and, ...