Robinhood’s recent IPO was initially lackluster, with the stock trading down ~7% from its IPO price. In recent days the stock then started to catch a bid as Cathie Wood & ARK bought in. However yesterday HOOD stock launched over 50%…but why? Options. Options Trading Now Available in HOOD Yesterday was the first day that […]
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SpotGamma on DeepDive CA
SpotGamma had the pleasure of being on DeepDive with Steve and Jay. We talked about meme stocks, dark pools and naked shorting.
Trading Stock Using Equity Hub and Dark Pool Indicator
The following is a guest post from Doug Pless. As I have discussed previously, my stock trading strategy is to look for long positions in stocks with actively traded options early in the week. Many traders open bullish option positions early in the week with short-term options that expire at the end of week. As […]
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4400 pinning despite FED, China, AMZN et al Intraday volatility & vanna charts Markets into Sep: contango, Aug vs Sep vol Playing AMZN
Trading Futures Using SpotGamma Levels and The HIRO Indicator
The following is a guest post from Doug Pless. When I plan to trade ES futures during the day, I begin my morning preparation by reading the SpotGamma AM Report (which looks like this). The report provides commentary on overnight shifts in gamma levels for SPX as well as many key metrics including the following: […]
The Fate Of The S&P 500 Rests In This Handful of Stocks
The following is a guest post courtesy of Michael Kramer of Mott Capital Management. *Disclosure: Michael Kramer and the clients Of Mott Capital Own AAPL, GOOGL, TSLA, & MSFT. This week could mark a turning point for the equity market with a Federal Reserve meeting and nearly all the mega-cap companies reporting results. Unfortunately, many […]
AMC Trade Examples – July 21, 2021
This is a guest post from professional trader David Blake. I wanted to share my trades on AMC, the cinemas, from yesterday’s action on July 21, 2021. Brent did a great YouTube video in the day and that’s worth a watch to set context if you weren’t following play: AMC Trading Setup My setup from the […]
Successfully Shorting 90% of Stocks: See The SpotGamma Strategy One Trader Used to End The Week Ahead
The following is a guest post from Doug Pless. As I have discussed previously, my trading strategy is to look for long positions in stocks with actively traded options early in the week. At the end of week, as out of the money calls start to lose value and/or traders enter bearish options trades, my […]
Key Trading Levels From SpotGamma
On Monday July 19th markets were quite weak with ES futures near 4280. SpotGamma’s morning report highlighted the risks to this markets, but noted that 4240 in SPX was likely the low due to the way options were positioned. This call in our AM note was cited by Bloomberg Reporter Yakob Peterseil: Nice call in […]
Short Puts, Death By One Cut.
Recent data from the OCC shows that small lot traders from the past week shorted puts in more size than they did buying calls. At SpotGamma we’ve covered this topic extensively, highlighting the embedded risk of this trade back in January of ’20 (following that posts the markets had a 4% decline). There are several […]