Recently we have been discussing with subscribers the elevated implied volatility in the S&P500 due to the 1/5 election events. The VIX is a decent measure of implied volatility in the S&P, and you can see that despite the market being at all time highs, the VIX was well off lows. Our feeling was that […]
Market Analysis
PLTR & Options Hedge Walls
PLTR stock was a reddit/wallstreetbets darling, and its stock price benefitted from large call options action. Lately large put contracts have been coming in, and pushed the stock lower. Our analysis shows that the 25 strike holds lots of gamma, and much of that gamma is in the forms of puts. Consequently we note this […]
XOM Call Activity
XOM stock has bounced sharply since November as positive news regarding Covid vaccines sparked a relief rally. Much of the way traders expressed their bullish sentiment was in call buying, with 11/9 seeing an incredible surge in XOM calls – but this was also seen in other “back to normal” stocks like Carnival Cruises (CCL). […]
TSLA S&P500 Add Shenanigans
Note that last candle, which closes the stock at $695 – the days high. Did someone really just pay $695 for $TSLA shares? pic.twitter.com/zi5UrJopbq — Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) December 18, 2020 TESLA TRADING VOLUME AT 180 MILLION AS STOCK SETTLES AT END OF SESSION, TURNOVER AT $122 BILLION — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) December 18, 2020 […]
TSLA into the S&P500
In TSLA the largest gamma area was $600 heading into today. The stock traded down to $605 earlier this AM, $620 now. The largest volume & OI region is >=$650 44% of TSLA gamma exp on close of12/18, by which time ~$50bn of TSLA stock needs to be bought by S&P indexers
Nomura + SpotGamma – 2.5 Trillion Reasons To Care About This Week’s ‘Quad Witch’ Options Expiration
2.5 Trillion Reasons To Care About This Week’s ‘Quad Witch’ Options Expiration From ZeroHedge:Tue, 12/15/2020 – 11:55 Like all December option expirations, this month’s is large, with $2.5tln of SPX-linked options notional (linked to 8% of the S&P’s market cap) expiring on 18-Dec, but for a December, it is not extreme… Nomura’s Charlie McElligott notes […]
TSLA Timeline into the S&P500 Add
TSLA will be added to the S&P500 Index next week, and will be approximately 1.5% of the index. We covered the mechanics of this add, here. The chart below highlights the key recent events, and some relevant future dates. The “$” markets indicate where Musk has received a bonus in the form of TSLA options. […]
Nomura Uses Our “Weaponized Gamma” Phrase
It was SpotGamma that coined the phrase “weaponized gamma” which Nomura uses to describe the current call mania. Read more from our September 8, 2020 post, “No, Softbank Didn’t Weaponize Options Gamma.” From ZeroHedge: The ongoing meltup in stock markets lifted global market caps above $100 trillion for the first time in history yesterday… Source: […]
Bookmap Presents: Index vs ETF Options Volume
SpotGamma gave a presentation to Bookmap users about the impact of ETF and Index options on ES futures.
BlackBerry BB Options Decay
Blackberry stock surged after news it was working with AMZN. This led to massive call buying, which likely helped to push the stock up as dealers must delta hedge. You can see the stock pushed up near 10, and is currently down at $7. As call buyers stopped theta stepped in, and all those calls […]
