XLF: The Next Rate-Sensitive Setup The S&P 500 once again flirts with all-time highs, proving that current headwinds can do little to sway bullish sentiment. The threat of rising rates continues on as one such headwinds, creating interesting trade opportunities along the way. Last week, we highlighted an opportunity in the utilities sector (XLU) if […]
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Delta Earnings Preview: Options Price a Meaningful Move as Fuel Costs Test the Bull Case
Delta Air Lines (DAL) reports third-quarter earnings before the market opens Friday, October 9, with investors watching whether strong premium travel demand can continue to offset rising fuel costs.
Last Call: Relatively Few Traders Are Hedging Equity Downside
Bond volatility has jumped while equity downside hedging stays light. See what call skew in TLT, HYG and XLU says about how traders are positioned.
Surging Yields Create Risk — And Opportunity
With 10-year treasury yields now at two-decade highs, the topic of rates has dominated markets. Rising rates adds meaningful stress to the economy at large — creating both risk and opportunity for traders. The market’s most rate-sensitive corners have taken the brunt of the damage. Small caps (IWM), utilities (XLU), homebuilders (ITB), and industrials (XLI) […]
Index Put Protection Is Cheap With 10-Year Treasury Bonds at 5.3%
SpotGamma founder Brent Kochuba joined tastylive to explain why index put protection stays cheap with the 10-year at 5.3% and bond volatility climbing.
Friday Jobs Report Preview: What the Market Wants to See
The stock market faces its biggest economic test of the week Friday morning when the September jobs report is released at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Micron Earnings Preview: Can the AI Memory Boom Keep Delivering?
Micron (MU) reports earnings Wednesday after the close, and this may be one of the most important semiconductor reports of the week.
META Rewrites the AI Trade
Meta’s new Muse AI Agent has done what a year of capex headlines could not: it has convinced the market that the company’s $200 billion investment in AI has a consumer-facing payoff. META rallied 13% over the past week and pushed toward 52-week highs as the personal agent app topped the download charts. The enthusiasm […]
Erasca’s November Catalyst: Promising Data, High Expectations and Strategic Optionality
The company’s lead drug, ERAS-0015, has shown encouraging early results. On November 20, Erasca will provide updated clinical data that could produce a large move in the stock.
Costco Earnings: What Shoppers—and Options—Are Telling Us
Costco reports Thursday, September 24, after the close, giving investors a timely consumer check during a quieter earnings week. The key question: Are shoppers spending confidently, or turning to Costco to stretch tighter budgets? Costco can benefit under either scenario. But the answer matters for the rest of retail: gaining customers who are hunting for […]