How post-election put skew compression and falling implied vol reshaped options pricing in NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Alphabet, with the trades to match.
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AMD Earnings Preview: Can AI Growth Overcome Rising Volatility and Expectations?
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reports third-quarter earnings Tuesday, November 3, after the close. Investors will focus on AI accelerators, data center growth, and the next-generation Helios platform.
Relatively Few Traders Are Positioned For The Right Tail
SPX right tail risk may be under-owned: the whole vol surface lifted, flows leaned to call spreads, and put flies cap the cost of hedging 7,600.
A Tech-Led Rally the Volatility Surface Has Not Confirmed
A VIX skew slide, an unchanged volatility surface and negative forward gamma explain why this tech-led rally looks transient to options traders.
Traders Are Bidding The Put Wing Without Paying For Vol: Brent Kochuba On tastylive
How VIX expiration dealer positioning likely capped the VIX near 20, and what three-month SPX put skew suggests about hedging demand into earnings.
The OPEX Effect: Put Selling Is Still Doing The Work
Single stock put selling has left dealers long gamma while realized vol sits near lows. See the positioning levels that would change the read.
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.
DKS Insiders Are Buying the Earnings Dip — Including a $1M CFO Purchase
DICK’S Sporting Goods (DKS) has quietly developed an interesting insider-buying setup following its sharp post-earnings selloff.
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.
Celsius Insiders Are Buying the Dip — And Options Are Cheap Into the Catalyst
Three CELH insiders bought roughly $1.8 million of stock on the open market within six days in mid-September, one of them paying above the close. A look at why they bought when they did, and why the options market has not repriced for any of it into the November 5 print.