Yesterday we added a video which provided an update on our GME gamma squeeze model. We noted that some 50% of total GME gamma was set to expire at the close of trading on Friday, March 12th. The strike with the largest gamma position was the $250 strike, with most of that held in puts. […]
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GME Gamma Squeeze: Round 2
GME Gamma Squeeze – What Happened? Yesterday GME saw another massive price move with the stock ripping over 100% from $45 up over $160 in after hours trading. This move was likely fueled by an options gamma squeeze as we’ll explain here. First, note the existing options positions in GME, from the day prior to […]
The GME Gamma Squeeze
In late January 2021, GameStop experienced a once-in-a-decade squeeze that has captivated the world’s attention. This was a premeditated and programmatic exercise, orchestrated by coordinated stock and option buying across the retail and professional community, that resulted in large institutional entities losing billions of dollars. These investment houses with significant short positions did not expect a stock with […]
TLRY & Pot Stock Gamma
When a stock trades higher at a very rapid pace the price of the stock can pass the highest available options strike. For instance, at the start of the day on 2/9/21 the available call options strikes for Tilray (TLRY) ranged from ~5-$50. However the stock ripped over 50%, passing the 50 strike. When a […]
The Great Silver Gamma Squeeze
Silver prices were up over 5% last week as WallStreetBets switched its focus from stocks like GME and AMC, to silver and stocks like SLV and PSLV. As you can see in the chart below SLV surged on Thursday directly to the $25 strike, only to pin that level into Fridays close. $25 just happens […]
Weaponized Gamma Reloaded
The latest options data revealed that equity option call buying surged this week, blowing out the previous record week. Shown in the chart below is the total number of contracts bought to open netted against contracts sold to close. This suggests that traders on net did not elect to close out of their long calls […]
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 […]
SpotGamma Report for: 03/13/2020 AM
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The January 2018 Market Analogy
We’ve been seeing extreme call/put measures the past several weeks and these extreme measures only give way to more extreme measures. Nomura & JPM noted how heavy call positioning is relative to puts recently. There is also anecdotal evidence like this chart below, where Macrohedged notes: ” We cannot recall EVER seeing max OI for […]
Monitoring the Call Gamma Squeeze
The idea has been that the roll-up of the 3050 calls to 3100 calls has caused a squeeze (see here) and that the 3100 strike currently holds the key to the next move in the SPX. November SPX expiration may help to get things moving – you can see in the chart below there is […]