SpotGamma’s new Dark Pool Dashboard breaks out the activity in Dark Pools by sector. This can reveal where large institutions are allocating their capital, and reveal some interesting trends (full FAQ). We break out the Dark Pool readings by sector in chart below, and color code them based on strongest (green) to weakest (red). Our […]
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Parametric: Gamma Hammer
Parametric designes options strategies for large institutions like pension funds. In this case they are selling strangles to the tune of $5bn: From the FT: It is not a new strategy for the fund, which employs several systematic and rules-based volatility trading strategies, but people familiar with the activity say the fund pulled back from […]
The CLOV Gamma Pin
CLOV is a healthcare SPAC that is quite popular with the wallstreetbets crowd. It typically carries a very large amount of open interest, and along with that a lot of options gamma. Because of this CLOV seems to pin SpotGamma’s highest gamma strike. In the chart below you can see this highest gamma strike for […]
Nomura’s McElligott Talks Gamma on Macrovoices
Charlie McElligott talks several macro themes, and digs into deal gamma around the 44:30 mark. Topics include gamma flips, CTA deleveraging levels, and the large gamma dynamic.
“Banging Between Big Strikes” – Levels To Watch Ahead Of FOMC Statement
BY TYLER DURDENWEDNESDAY, APR 28, 2021 – 01:25 PM As we detailed overnight, today’s FOMC is widely expected to be “steady as she goes” with Biden conveying that the FOMC is not yet thinking about shifting its dovish stance. The only “risk” associated with today could be a “semantics” acknowledgement of better data (though we note the […]
SpotGamma’s FOMC Preview April ’20
JPMorgan: Clients Are “Increasingly Nervous”, Fear “A Market Pullback In May Or June”
BY TYLER DURDEN SUNDAY, APR 18, 2021 – 08:49 PM Much to the delight of bulls everywhere, the past month has been a relentless meltup in stocks, commodities, cryptos, and – paradoxically over the past week when we have been bombarded with stellar economic data – Treasurys as well. After dumping at the end of […]
Calm Before The Storm? Goldman Says ‘Buy The Dip’ In VIX
BY TYLER DURDEN MONDAY, APR 19, 2021 – 11:25 AM After Friday’s big option expiration, SpotGamma points out that both QQQ and IWM start the week at/in a negative gamma position, which implies higher relative volatility in those indices. There is also now a very wide range in distribution of SPX gamma (gamma is shallow and evenly dispersed 4100-4200 with […]
$544 Billion In Options Expire Today: Here’s What Will Move
$544 Billion In Options Expire Today: Here’s What Will Move From ZeroHedge While it’s not quad (or even triple) witching day, today’s a whole lot of weekly options will expire, may of which will be worthless, and others will be providing a supporting “pin” to underlying prices. It’s why, even though we are enjoying a […]
The Next Gamma Squeeze
Big Banks Get Stuck… Then Unwind Before presenting our view on the next potential “gamma squeeze”, we want to share a theory of what may have driven the strong stock market performance over the last few weeks. On March 25th, it was revealed that a large fund, Archegos, had blown up. Archegos did what many large […]