🎯Covered Call Trade Management
A trader is leveraging today’s market rally to write a covered call on Opendoor Technologies Inc. The trade sells a 7.5‑strike call expiring in 32 days for a $0.06 premium, costing $6 to establish. The position projects a 14.14% annualized return with a 95.07% probability of profit, while capping maximum risk at $515. This approach aims to generate income while keeping the underlying share exposure active.
Nigerian Crypto Startup Roqqu Draws 30,000 Users to Its Futures Product
Nigerian crypto platform Roqqu attracted over 30,000 users to its futures derivatives during beta, prompting a full launch with a 0.1% trading fee. The startup is simultaneously reviving its crypto‑backed card offering and planning a prediction‑market product to broaden its...
Delta Has Outperformed Since the Iran War Began. Using Options to Hedge Against Losses
Delta Air Lines has outperformed its airline peers since the Iran‑related conflict escalated, with its share price climbing roughly 70% since December 2023 despite jet‑fuel prices surging 180% in Singapore. The airline’s ownership of the Trainer Refinery in Pennsylvania provides...
Mild Pullbacks Are Normal; Markets Usually Recover
Yes, this recent bout of volatility hasn't been fun for investors, but remember, volatility is the toll we pay to invest. These three charts are timeless and always come in handy in times like this. Chart 1 - The average years sees...
Covered Call ETFs: The Promise, The Reality And My Top Picks
Amid a broad risk‑off wave, investors are turning to covered‑call ETFs for defensive positioning and income. While the strategy promises downside protection, many funds have struggled with persistent losses, shrinking dividends, and missed upside during market rebounds. The article outlines...
Maze Therapeutics President Exercises 30,000 Options, Sells Shares for $1.51 M Ahead of Q4 Earnings
Harold Bernstein, president of R&D and CMO at Maze Therapeutics, exercised 30,000 stock options and sold the resulting shares for roughly $1.51 million under a pre‑arranged 10b5‑1 plan. The move eliminates his direct equity stake but leaves him with 267,407 options...
SPX Futures Surge Post‑Trump, Watch 6623‑6754 Resistance
The morning changed pretty fast — $SPX futures went from -45 to +130 handles after Trump said the last 48 hours of talks were very productive. There should be some resistance near 6623ish, and 6754 is the major if this...
Hedge Funds Buy 120 BCF Gas, Still Below Historic Levels
HEDGE FUNDS and other money managers purchased the equivalent of 120 billion cubic feet (bcf) in the two major gas futures and options contracts based on prices at Henry Hub in Louisiana over the seven days ending on March 17....
RSPA: Equal-Weighted S&P 500 Index Portfolio Generating 9%+ Yield
Invesco’s S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETF (RSPA) provides full‑cap exposure with a 9 %+ monthly yield through a call‑writing overlay. The fund uses equity‑linked notes rather than standard options, delivering higher income but generating ordinary‑income distributions. This structure reduces tax...
Spot VIX Leads Futures, Market Stuck in Backwardation
OK. What's wrong with this picture? 1. Spot VIX still above all of the VX futures. 2. Futures remain very flat and M1 > M2 > M3 (backward). #BetterButNotBullish https://t.co/dR28SgxMLq
Closed SPY Hedge, Added April Put Butterfly
sold to close remaining $SPY March 31 hedge and added Apr 2 Exp 650/634/620 bw put flys
Why I Prefer This Strategy On Nvidia Instead Of NVDY
Nvidia’s dominant data‑center GPU market share and strong balance sheet keep it attractive, with a discounted cash‑flow model placing fair value near $226.6, implying roughly 29% upside. The YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF underperforms because its covered‑call approach caps...
S&P Dips, VIX Stays Flat Despite Market Drop
last week, as the S&P 500 $SPX made lower (ugly) lows, the volatility $VIX index did not... https://t.co/Vmdmxc3JXz
AD Mirrors Gold
AD just like GC (and SI)....visible swing highs and lows and the action around these levels set up great trades. of course this was the same move that goosed most all the financials.. https://t.co/mTPsmdSV18
Gold Loses Its Luster as Stagflation Risk Jumps on Iran War
Gold’s price has slumped more than 15% this month as stagflation concerns surge following the Iran war, and the market now assigns roughly a 30% chance of a Fed rate hike by year‑end, up from expectations of multiple cuts a...
Breakout Signals Buying Opportunity in Silver
Strong feeling this was the break to buy in precious metals For sure the break to stack $SI_F https://t.co/uLHE50DU5D
S&P Jumps as Trump Pauses Iranian Strikes, Oil Slides
Hope you’ve had your coffee Futures are ripping to start the week S&P is up 1.5% pre market after Trump says the U.S. will pause further strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for 5 days Oil reacting fast, down 10% to $90 Big week ahead...
Oil Surge Triggers Spike in Implied Volatility as Equity Futures Slide
Crude oil prices jumped amid geopolitical tension, pushing U.S. equity futures lower and sparking a surge in implied volatility and gamma exposure. Asian indices, including Japan's Nikkei and South Korea's KOSPI, also felt the pressure, highlighting the broad derivatives impact.
Dow Futures Surge 1,200 Points After Trump's Iran Talks Claim
Dow futures jump 1,200 points after Trump says U.S. and Iran have held ‘productive’ talks: CNBC https://t.co/ayLrxCx0Ot
Options Market Eyes 2022 Playbook for Iran War Risks
The options market is looking to the 2022 Russia‑Ukraine crisis playbook as Iran‑related geopolitical risk resurfaces. While the VIX has lingered under the 30‑point threshold, realized S&P 500 volatility remains low despite elevated implied risk premiums and dealers’ short‑gamma positioning. Strategies...
Lock in $5 per Gasoline Can via Spot Arbitrage
You can hold that garbage can full of gasoline and wait for higher prices, but risk Trump TACOing and prices dumping. Or you can simply sell the garbage can of gasoline into spot and buy the same garbage can back for...
Vol Street Journal™ :: Episode 18
In Episode 18 of Vol Street Journal, the host highlights a tightening VIX curve, signaling heightened sensitivity to market moves. He notes an unusual flattening of the skew as put implied volatility fell even during a 120‑point market decline. The...
JHEQX Option Shift Negligible; only Market Makers Notice
This may or may not be true. But unless you care about which exchange/clearing/venue has volumes. Shifting $JHEQX from SPX cash options to some other form of ES options or BTIC+ settled ES options has literally no impact on...
Coinbase Launches 24/7 Stock Trading For Tesla, Apple, Nvidia With 10X Leverage
Coinbase has introduced stock perpetual futures for eligible non‑U.S. customers, enabling 24/7 synthetic exposure to Tesla, Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and other Magnificent 7 stocks. The contracts provide up to 10x leverage on individual equities and up to 20x...
Oil Futures Face New Pressure as the US and Iran Trade Threats to Strike Key Infrastructure
Oil futures surged on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran of bombing its power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz reopened within 48 hours. Brent crude rose 1.27% to about $113.5 a barrel and WTI to $99, pushing...
Ditch the 1% Rule, Unlock Real Trading Growth
The 1% rule kept me stuck for YEARS. 🤦♂️ Thought I was “managing risk”… really I was just limiting growth. There’s a better way to scale when the setup is there. I break this down daily in Discord with 11,000+ traders. Drop SETUP and...
Funds Hold Strongest Corn Bullish Stance Since 2025
🌽Money managers as of March 17 held their most bullish position in CBOT corn fut & opt since late Feb. 2025, as more shorts were forced out of the market. That marked funds' 9th consecutive week as net corn buyers, their...
Maze Therapeutics President Sells $1.5M of Shares After Exercising 30,000 Options
Harold Bernstein, president of Maze Therapeutics, exercised 30,000 stock options and immediately sold the underlying shares for roughly $1.51 million under a pre‑arranged 10b5‑1 plan. The transaction eliminates his direct equity stake but leaves him with 267,407 options ahead of the...
USTs Open Rough; Front-End Pressure
Nasty open for USTs with front-end under the most pressure. 2y futs off 3.5 ticks
Polymarket Predicts 28% Chance Hormuz Reopens by April
Polymarket, a large prediction market, shows only a 28% chance that the Strait of Hormuz will open for normal traffic by the end of April. TRUMP & NETANYAHU’S WAR ON IRAN = MASSIVE COSTS. https://t.co/slk6gIZTUJ
March Options Expiry Triggers $5.7T Gamma Squeeze and $7.1T Quadruple Witching Flows
Institutional traders face the largest March options expiry on record, with $5.7 trillion of gamma‑sensitive contracts and a $7.1 trillion quadruple‑witching flow set to unwind on Friday. The combined pressure threatens sharp price swings in equities, ETFs, and Bitcoin, prompting heightened hedging...
Airlines' Abandoned Fuel Hedges Signal Rising Ticket Prices
Oh no! US airlines are no longer hedged against oil price shocks. Now we will all be paying in higher fares. Just like PJM states who didn't hedge against the recent increase. And California in 2000-2001. Hindsight is 20-20 but...
Predictor Misses ETH, Turns to ES_F 7700
Person who said $ETH 9K right before it dropped 50% now says $ES_F 7700 https://t.co/5spjzy9CBi
The Boredom Baron Weekly Intelligence Briefing (March 20, 2026)
Three weeks into the Iran‑Qatar conflict, a strike on Qatar’s LNG facility has turned a geopolitical flashpoint into a structural energy supply crunch, prompting European leaders to warn of a multi‑year gas squeeze. Despite widening credit spreads, equity momentum loss,...
High‑beta Stocks Outshine Low‑volatility Amid Market Rally
As @JC_ParetsX recently mentioned, it is peculiar to see high beta outperforming low volatility during this recent surge lower. Not what you'd expect to see if things were as bad as they keep telling us. https://t.co/rGvxOprdO0
Nevada Secures Temporary Ban on Kalshi Amid Criminal Complaint Over Binary Event Contracts
Nevada's attorney general filed a criminal complaint and secured a temporary injunction that halts Kalshi's binary event contracts in the state. The move targets the platform’s geopolitical contracts and marks the most aggressive state action against a US‑based prediction market,...
Harvard Cancer Researcher Delivers 2,000% Options Gains
Today I'm premiering my interview with Tito Adhikary @GnT_Trades A Harvard Cancer Researcher turned Options Trader Tito returned over 2,000% in the 2025 USIC trading growth stocks with options. Here's a quick preview 👇 https://t.co/2X9kxXvqkq
Coinbase Rolls Out Stock Perpetual Futures for Non‑U.S. Traders
Coinbase has launched cash‑settled, 24/7 stock perpetual futures for eligible non‑U.S. traders, offering up to 10‑times leverage on single‑stock contracts and 20‑times on ETF contracts. The move expands the exchange’s “Everything Exchange” strategy into traditional equity exposure, targeting demand for...
WTI Crude Plummets $27 in Two Days
Yes, but there is more to it than just that..... such as the $27 spread in CLK26/CLK28 May 26 WTI Crude Oil Futures settled $98.23 May 28 WTI Crude Oil Futures settled $71.23
S&P 500 and June E‑Mini Breach Key Support, Risk Downside
Both S&P500 and S&P June E-Mini Futures looked to have violated levels that could lead to additional downside. https://t.co/lo2FDEAZl2
Crude Awakening
The Cboe Crude Oil ETF Volatility Index (OVX) has surged to 108, roughly three times its level at the start of 2026, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran disrupts about 20% of Persian Gulf oil output. This spike eclipses volatility...
New Data Backs 5% Canary Theory Despite Market Anomalies
More data that supports the idea behind my 5% Canary paper. Markets don’t always follow historical precedence, but still important to know.
VIX 23.5 Signals Dangerous Market Uncertainty
$VIX at 23.5. Not panic. Not complacency. The ugly in-between where nobody knows what to do. Most dangerous market condition there is. https://t.co/c8of6UQSir
#58613
On March 16, 2026 the Options Clearing Corporation announced that Yext, Inc. (YEXT) options will transition from broker‑to‑broker settlement to Continuous Net Settlement (CNS) through the National Securities Clearing Corporation. The change takes effect for all exercise and assignment activity on or...
ETJ's Put Options On The S&P 500 Are Finally In-The-Money - Buy At $8.10
Eaton Vance Risk‑Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (ETJ) is now trading at $8.10, a 1.5% dip, after its S&P 500 put options moved in‑the‑money. The fund uniquely blends call writing with put buying, covering roughly 96% of its holdings for strong...
Put Premiums Deliver 40% Annual Returns
Some thoughts today on the week ahead in the market. Meanwhile, one of the things I didn't get to mention is that elevated premium on SLB and WFRD puts is creating 3–4% monthly yield, or close to annualized 40% returns,...
Speculators Reach Year‑High Bitcoin Longs, Echo Past Bull Signals
One last COT note: for the Bitcoin believers. Net spec futures positioning has pushed up to its highest net long in a year. Last two peaks in this area aligned to basing before strong bull legs. This time different? https://t.co/0XegxFutnJ
AUDUSD Net Longs Reach Highest Level Since 2017
Another remarkable change in net-speculative positioning comes from AUDUSD. A further nudge in the net long positioning, pushes futures spec interest to the heaviest long since October 2017. A carry drive as rate forecasts pick up https://t.co/sJ0Xl2KxxD
EURUSD Futures Net Long Plummets Record 84K Contracts
In case you missed it, net speculative futures positioning behind $EURUSD posted its biggest weekly 'net drop' on record - an 84K contract drop in the net long. That's a strong move away from the anti-dollar pressure over the past...
CFTC Data Shows USD as Preferred Iran Hedge
CFTC positioning: USD as Iran hedge Chart: dollar weighted exposure in million dollars versus number of non-commercial participants (speculators) large dot: most recent small dots: last year grey dots: last 10 years green: long red: short src: BBG, Merk https://t.co/LDLtec7oXv