Todays Newsletter
Tesla Has Become One of the Hottest Stock-Option Trades on Wall Street
Observations & Insight Lead Stories Tesla Has Become One of the Hottest Stock-Option Trades on Wall Street; Electric-vehicle maker accounts for roughly 7% of all options trading on an average day Eric Wallerstein - The Wall Street Journal Speculators' love...
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Genesis Says ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Owes Millions From Trades
Observations & Insight Lead Stories Genesis Says 'Bitcoin Jesus' Owes Millions From Trades; Bankrupt lender is seeking $20.9 million from Roger Ver; Long-time crypto advocate said failed to settle transactions Emily Nicolle - Bloomberg A Genesis unit is...
Options Bettors Prepare for Volatility Tied to Tesla Earnings
Observations & Insight Lead Stories Options Bettors Prepare for Volatility Tied to Tesla Earnings Eric Wallerstein - WSJ Speculators' propensity to bet wildly on shares of Tesla accelerated ahead of the company's fourth-quarter earnings, scheduled for...
JLN Options: Bond Traders Hedge Prospect That This May Be Fed’s Final Hike; Bitcoin’s Weekly Options Trading Volume Rises to Highest Since FTX’s Meltdown
Lead Stories Bond Traders Hedge Prospect That This May Be Fed's Final Hike; Fed swaps price in chance of a March pause after 25bp Feb move; Traders wade into SOFR options to hedge dovish Fed scenarios Edward Bolingbroke and Michael Mackenzie - Bloomberg With...
Citadel Made $16 Billion Profit in 2022. ‘Largest Ever by a Hedge Fund.’
Observations & Insight Lead Stories Citadel Made $16 Billion Profit in 2022. 'Largest Ever by a Hedge Fund.' Adam Clark - Barron's Ken Griffin's hedge fund Citadel made $16 billion in profit after fees in 2022, recording the largest annual gain ever by a...
Stock Bulls Get Punished Yet Again Just Before Big Options Event
Lead Stories Stock Bulls Get Punished Yet Again Just Before Big Options Event Lu Wang - Bloomberg Market watchers on Wall Street attribute this week's stock selloff to the insidious threat of recession. Yet derivatives traders see a less ominous foe: the mass...
JLN Options: Hedge funds push yen options bets to next BoJ meeting; Meme Frenzy Returns and GameStop Stock and Dogecoin Are Soaring Again
Lead Stories Hedge funds push yen options bets to next BoJ meeting Joe Parsons and Ben St. Clair - Risk.net (Subscription) Hedge funds speculating on the yen's reaction to possible changes in the Bank of Japan's interest rate regime have rolled their bets to the...
Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ flashes warning that stocks might be headed off a cliff
Lead Stories Wall Street's 'fear gauge' flashes warning that stocks might be headed off a cliff Joseph Adinolfi - MarketWatch Wall Street's fear gauge has fallen to its lowest level in months, and Wall Street strategists are concerned it could be a warning that the...
What Does the Low VIX Mean For Stocks?
Lead Stories What Does the Low VIX Mean For Stocks? Gunjan Banerji - WSJ The VIX Is low right now. That may be bad news for the stock market. The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, edged up in trading Tuesday after closing at its lowest level since January 2022 on Friday....
VIX Extends Lull, Falls to Lowest in a Year
Observations & Insight Editor's Note: In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday there will be no Options Newsletter on Monday, January 16, 2023. We'll be back on Tuesday. Lead Stories VIX Extends Lull, Falls to Lowest in a Year Eric Wallerstein - WSJ...
The Stock Market Is Heating Up. Read This Before You Jump In.
Lead Stories The Stock Market Is Heating Up. Read This Before You Jump In. Steven M. Sears - Barron's Are we data dependent—or data delusional? Right now, the stability of the stock market boils down to how investors view recent economic data suggesting that...
VIX, Wall Street’s Fear Gauge, Extends Longest Lull Since 2021
Observations & Insight Options Discovery Episode 12: Spread Trading; Dan Keegan of Optionthinker.com Talks Call and Put Spreads With JLN's Alex Teng JohnLothianNews.com In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex Teng introduces some bearish spread strategies with...
Analysis: With banks’ results on tap, options traders prepare for volatility
Lead Stories Analysis: With banks' results on tap, options traders prepare for volatility Saqib Iqbal Ahmed - Reuters Options traders are bracing for volatility in U.S. bank shares days ahead of an earnings season many believe will bring lower profits and reflect...
Higher Rates and Tech Selloff Fuel Options Boom
Lead Stories Higher Rates and Tech Selloff Fuel Options Boom Eric Wallerstein - WSJ Investors trying to capitalize on higher interest rates and the deep selloff in big technology stocks are stoking a flurry of activity in the options market. Popular stocks such as...
Stock Market Outlook: Leon Cooperman Sees Slim Odds of S&P 500 Revival
Observations & Insight Gilbert Leistner - Open Outcry Traders History Project Interview - Part One JohnLothianNews.com Gilbert Leistner is a good storyteller and he shared many stories during an interview for the Open Outcry Traders History Project that JLN has...
Chicago’s Cboe profits from year of stock market volatility
Lead Stories Chicago's Cboe profits from year of stock market volatility Nicholas Megaw - Financial Times The people in Cboe Global Markets' options pits in downtown Chicago are not used to seeing new faces. Open-outcry transactions have been declining for decades as...
