Today was an interesting day to highlight how our SPX Index options gamma levels can come into play for futures trading. Coming into today the market had experienced a sharp rally, and futures were set to open over 2900. Below you see a snapshot of ES futures in Bookmap, and our morning gamma chart (sent […]
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Fed Versus High Gamma
Today we have an interesting confluence of events: a FED FOMC rate day and ultra high S&P500 market gamma. As of this posting( 10/30 @ 10:30 AM EST) market gamma is ~$1.8 billion which is quite high and forecasts an S&P500 trading range of 50 bps (1/2%). The Fed is widely expected to cut rates […]