New Podcast: Robinhood Option Traders vs. The Softbank Whale
Jay Pestrichelli co-hosts this episode with Derek where they discuss the continued talk around Robinhood Traders buying deep out of the money options to force market makers to buy stock.
HiPOS Conservative Trade Update: A Side of Short Calls Added
Friday ZEGA’s traders were able to leg into an iron condor position by selling a call credit spread. This one also expires this Friday October 2nd. Which if you pull up any calendar, is only 4 trading days away.
HiPOS Weekly Update: Final Week Upcoming
As we can see by our usual graph, the market has cooperated quite well given we are short a call spread. While the market moved higher and even made a new all-time high this week, with the time to expiration waning, the value of the spread dropped in value
Options - Puts, Calls & Everything In Between Podcast
Jay Pestrichelli joins Market Moment Podcast to discuss options including Puts, Calls, and Everything in Between. Jay answers questions and explains various uses and risks.
HiPOS New Trade Update: Halfway to an Iron Condor?
Today ZEGA’s trading team was able to locate a short call spread above the market residing at the 3500 by 3550 strike. One of the themes we have been talking about of late is this well-established higher volatility environment.
Listen to Jay Pestrichelli’s New Podcast: What VIX Index Is, Implied Volatility, Options Probabilities and More
Frequent co-host Jay Pestrichelli joins the program to discuss all things VIX Index, what it measures, how stocks and markets each have their own volatility...