Here is a chart mapping out how we viewed this recent rally back up to 3000 in SPX, along with a bit of a prediction. The volatility crush sparked a rally today up to our “high gamma strike” of 3000. Because gamma is very high (~$1bn per S&P500 point) and 3000 is a high gamma […]
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Nomuras Gamma View after the Rally
Via Heisenberg, here is Nomuras Gamma View after the Rally. They note the following: “[The SPX was ]gravitationally pulled higher (spot 2970) and now sits comfortably between the two large $Gamma upside strikes of 3000 ($3.7B) and 2950 ($2.5B)”…“As the bullish macro catalysts have indeed begun materializing, the various hedge expressions (VIX upside, S&P downside, […]
