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In Episode 421 of The Weekly Option, host Eric reviews last week’s option trades on Applied Digital Corp, Firefly Aerospace, MARA Holdings, and Schlumberger, then introduces four new two‑week trades on Cetus Space, Replimune Group, CleanSpark, and JD.com. He emphasizes strategies for navigating choppy markets, recommending cash positions, stop‑loss rules, and appropriate position sizing to avoid emotional overtrading. The episode provides detailed trade setups—including covered calls, cash‑secured puts, credit spreads, and debit spreads—along with breakeven points and potential returns, illustrating how to manage risk in volatile conditions.
GraniteShares is hosting its first Autocallable Income ETF Seminar on April 10, 2026 at the NASDAQ MarketSite, gathering banks, market makers, and clearing firms to discuss the newly launched single‑stock autocallable ETFs TLA (Tesla) and ANV (NVIDIA). These ETFs employ...
In this 7‑minute episode, host Eric O'Rourke outlines three reasons he believes the stock market may have found a short‑term bottom: dip buyers stepped in despite negative geopolitical news, the VIX fell to its lowest level in weeks indicating reduced...
David Miller, director of enforcement at the CFTC, told a New York event that regulators will intensify scrutiny of prediction markets and pursue insider‑trading cases, including criminal charges where appropriate. The warning follows rapid growth of platforms that let users...
A coordinated exploit on Solana's Drift protocol siphoned roughly $280 million in crypto assets. The attacker leveraged a durable‑nonce transaction to seize the protocol’s admin key, prompting a rapid market sell‑off and renewed scrutiny of DeFi governance and key‑management practices.
U.S. companies with global exposure are confronting a fresh surge in foreign‑exchange volatility as the dollar strengthens amid geopolitical tension and divergent monetary policies. CFOs are being urged to move beyond reactionary hedging and adopt structured risk‑management frameworks that separate...
If the PPT wants/needs to manipulate the US Equity Futures, that's fine - we know how that ends (gravity always wins) The real problem is Bond Market Vol and there's no change to that TRENDING Breakout Pretty much every position, everywhere,...
Nokia (NOK) closed at $8.82, up 6.65%, after traders bought more than 58,000 call contracts—about 27% higher than typical levels. The rally coincided with a 91% jump in share volume and follows the Finnish firm’s ongoing restructuring and optical‑networking expansion.
Copper is increasingly trading like a macro hedge, raising volatility far beyond what near-term fundamentals imply. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/copper-as-macro-hedge-is-rewriting.html
Banks kept autocallable income locked behind high minimums for years. @graniteshares just put it in an ETF — 20%+ yields. NASDAQ seminar April 10 explains it all. @willrhind https://t.co/Xx3nS8vCjF
Effective April 6, 2026, Cboe Options Exchange will allow Magnificent 10 Index options (MGTN, MGTNW) and Cboe Mini Bitcoin U.S. ETF Index options (MBTX, MBTXW) to trade in penny increments. The minimum price variation will be $0.01 for contracts priced...
Assuming, as most of you seem to have massive confidence, that the futures curve is not a reflection of true market expectations of future spot. Current Dec Futures are 72.5 ish. What do you think the market expectations for...
This is the spot Brent oil price (white), the Brent March futures that just expired this week (orange), the current Brent June futures (yellow) and WTI (green). If war ends quickly, white converges down to yellow. If war drags on,...
InvestingLive.com gave Bitcoin futures a -2.5 score today, indicating a slightly bearish short‑term outlook. Buyers pushed the price up to the 67,250 zone mid‑session, but momentum faded and the market slipped back toward the 66,750 fallback area. The score reflects...
$SPX Pretty interesting 6300 found buyers, my Neutral Valuation Band level for FY26 (roll to FY27 as enter 2H26) https://t.co/Z3ppbki8g5
Futures trend-following is the most difficult trading style. "Trend following winters" cause traders to lose discipline and stop following the systems, which over longer periods are very profitable. 👇
The Reserve Bank of India rolled out emergency foreign‑exchange restrictions on Thursday, prompting the rupee to surge 1.6% to 93.14 per U.S. dollar, its steepest one‑day rise in over a decade. The move capped banks' net open positions at $100 million...
HASSETT: "You don't have to believe me, just look at the futures markets, which trade future contracts on these things--and they're way back headed towards normal by the fall and certainly into the summer" https://t.co/MJNzrqID5k
White House top economic adviser Kevin Hassett says the oil futures market agrees Iran is a short-term disruption. Apparently he means the shape of the oil futures curve, which is massively backwardated (or inverted, if you prefer that terminology). Now, who’s...
May NYMEX natural gas futures slipped 1.9 ¢ to $2.80 per MMBtu, marking the first decline of the month. The drop was driven by an unexpectedly large weekly storage build, which lifted inventories above seasonal norms. Analysts attribute the easing to...
Equity futures a little lower ahead of jobs report... they'll trade until 915am ET https://t.co/x9qe4wyzJv
The discount on the Brent future expiring in June to the spot Brent oil price is up to 22%. There's acute shortage of oil in the spot market, while futures markets think the war ends soon. This decoupling isn't unprecedented....
The Alpha Analyst upgraded the REX AI Equity Premium Income ETF (AIPI) to a Buy rating, citing a range‑bound AI market that favors aggressive covered‑call strategies. The fund’s option‑writing model now captures income more efficiently as downside risks have softened...
Lots of people say the disconnect between spot and futures prices in oil means markets are broken. No! Spot Brent at $140 (white) is above the June future (yellow) because markets think the war ends soon and tanker traffic comes...
Despite Binance being a crypto exchange, futures trading for gold and silver has already entered the top 5 by trading volume on the platform. These trades were launched very recently. Crypto exchanges are gradually moving into the "traditional" exchange space by...
The SEC announced the agenda and a diverse slate of panelists for its April 16, 2026 roundtable on options market structure, to be held at its Washington headquarters and streamed live. The day-long event features three panels covering competition in quote‑driven markets,...
Goldman>The gap between dated Brent-the cornerstone of the global physical oil market and the reference point for many crude purchases by global refineries-and the near-dated Brent futures-which shifted from the May to the June contract...
🔹Be careful: the forward curve is not a forecast. It has rarely matched actual realized prices. For example, if you assume the December 2026 futures price reflects where the market will actually be at that time, you’re to be...
Dow Jones futures slipped 0.1% against fair value on Friday morning, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures each fell about 0.2%. With U.S. equities closed for Good Friday and major European exchanges also shuttered, traders have a narrow window before the...
SpotGamma warns that market volatility is spiking as investors head into the upcoming long weekend, prompting traders to rely on real‑time gamma flow data. The platform highlights how gamma exposure can shift rapidly, especially in zero‑days‑to‑expiration (Zero DTE) options, creating...
Options desks are piling into Brazil’s emerging‑market equity and bond space, citing unusually low implied volatility and a clean‑energy narrative that sets the country apart from peers. Call‑spread strategies on the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) have gained traction as...
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. will hold a shareholder vote on April 30, 2026 to approve a merger with Norazia (Israel) Ltd., a subsidiary of Hapag‑Lloyd AG. If the deal closes, each ZIM ordinary share converts into a $35.00 net cash payment,...
Telegram’s Wallet feature has integrated the Lighter decentralized exchange to offer perpetual futures trading directly within the app. Users can trade more than 50 assets—including crypto, metals, equities, oil and ETFs—with up to 50× leverage and a $1 minimum position...
Mixed day for my portfolio where I added $TSLL, $META and $HIMS for $685 in option income. Did you do anything in the markets today?
The NEOS Enhanced Income Aggregate Bond ETF (BNDI) is positioned as a defensive play amid heightened market volatility caused by geopolitical tensions. By selling put options on the S&P 500, the fund generates extra, tax‑advantaged income, pushing its yield to roughly...
DraftKings unveiled a federally regulated prediction‑market app at its March 2 investor day, positioning the product alongside rivals Kalshi and Polymarket. The move gives DraftKings a betting tool usable in all 50 states, aiming to capture revenue from markets where...
Calamos Investments has launched three April‑dated protected Bitcoin ETFs—CBOA, CBXA and CBTA—that embed predefined downside protection while offering varying upside exposure through options. In the recent crypto‑winter slump, these structured funds delivered markedly less loss than traditional spot Bitcoin ETFs,...
Income ETFs that employ options strategies emerged as a top‑performing category in Q1 2026, driven by heightened global volatility and investor appetite for yield. Goldman Sachs' GPIX and GPIQ each attracted over $750 million in net inflows, pushing GPIX’s assets above...
Drift Protocol, Solana’s biggest perpetual futures exchange, announced a suspension of all deposits and withdrawals after a sophisticated attack siphoned roughly $280 million. The breach exploited an admin key and Solana’s durable nonce feature, prompting accusations that North Korean state‑sponsored actors...
A trader proposes selling an out‑of‑the‑money put on a stock that has recently halted its decline and begun forming a base. The option is priced to give a 73 % probability of worthlessness and a 79 % probability of profit, meaning the...
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has removed automatic‑exercise thresholds for options on Central Puerto S.A. (CEPU) and Matrix IT Ltd (MGIC) because trading in the underlying securities is halted and the cash value of the deliverables is uncertain. This removal applies to all...
Last week (ending March 29, 2026) leveraged and inverse exchange‑traded funds posted some of the strongest gains of the year, led by oil‑focused products that surged over 20% as geopolitical tensions pushed crude prices higher. Energy‑linked ETNs such as OILU, NRGU and...
Prompt WTI timespreads today hit a record high of $15/bbl If you've currently got a barrel of physical WTI-deliverable crude in the Cushing area, you can *rent* said barrel to the market for the next two and a half weeks and...
Brent crude oil futures looking out a few months and beyond are down sharply in the past week @augurinfinity https://t.co/0xHk81TJYg https://t.co/VVmceseKBH
Kodiak (KOD) holding recent gap move well sees sneaky buy late for 350 Sep. $45 calls 8.50 to 9.00
This is the first long weekend where S&P500 futures will trade 24/7/365 on a decentralized exchange.
Australia (EWA) rare large action seeing a big IV surge with 15,000 July $29 puts bought $2.13 to $2.40 today, a country exposed to a China slowdown, stronger USD and RBA tightening
It's early lol...but if told me Crude would be up 11% would think ES_F be down 2%, not 0.2%...progress
VFS quietly on an insane run last few weeks, 6K May 5 calls buying today
Q: if you buy short-dated calls after sharp sell offs and buy short-dated puts after rips, are you effectively long or short vol? Asking for a friend :-)
