Last week, the S&P 500 closed its eighth straight weekly gain — the longest streak since 2023. As the rally continues to achieve record highs, underlying options positioning has evolved meaningfully since March. Most importantly, the market has quietly shed much of the protective hedging that was in place just two months ago. A dense […]
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Earnings Options Trades With SpotGamma
A strategic way to look at options trades into earnings, using SpotGamma’s institutional trading tools.
Optimizing Options Earnings Trades
🎯 Stop Guessing Earnings Volatility — Start Predicting It If you’ve ever bought calls into a massive earnings beat… and still lost money, you’re not alone.It’s one of the most frustrating moments in trading: the stock rips higher, but your options bleed out because volatility collapses. That’s not bad luck.That’s mispriced volatility — and it’s […]
Comparing Earnings IV’s for Edge
In a recent Member Q&A session SpotGamma discussed how traders can analyze implied volatility and potential stock movements by comparing the relative moves and reaction of stocks in similar sectors. Here we look at the volatility & setup into SMCI’s earnings report, and its subsequent reaction, to guide us on what may happen for AMD […]
TSLA Volatility Falling Despite Being Down 10%
TSLA is down 10% after earnings, and our data is suggesting that if anything, TSLA options are now cheap! One would think that may lead to an increase in options implied volatility, as the implied move was just 6%. You can see this in the legend in our earnings dashboard, below. This shows us the […]
Subscriber Webinar: Implied Volatility & The Release of The IV Dashboard
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Next Week’s Fed Meeting May Create Massive Moves In The Market
The following is a guest post courtesy of Michael Kramer of Mott Capital Management. Stock market volatility has picked up, and it may only be starting. Investors are eagerly awaiting the next FOMC meeting on January 26 to try and gauge which way the Fed may choose to go in its fight with inflation. With […]
How Changes in Implied Volatility Pushes Markets Around (aka the Vanna Trade)
Brent, Founder of SpotGamma, explains how the “Vanna Trade” works. As implied volatility changes, options dealers may have to adjust their hedges. Brent explains how this hedging flow can create large rallies or selloffs in markets. He also touches on the topic of charm, or the change in hedging delta due to time decay.
Implied Volatility Reading in the SPX & VIX
Brent Kochuba, Founder of SpotGamma, joins Imran Lakha of Options-Insights to talk about the current volatility readings in the SPX and VIX. This covers both realized and implied volatility which are shifting ahead of a large options expiration.
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 […]
