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Bullish Sentiment Drives Soybean Oil Rally After Selloff
SocialMay 31, 2026

Bullish Sentiment Drives Soybean Oil Rally After Selloff

📈Through May 26, funds posted their largest weekly selloff in CBOT soybean oil in five months, yet positioning remains extremely bullish. Bean oil rallied 4.5% in the next three sessions, topping 78 c/lb for the first time since 2022. Most-active futures...

By Karen Braun
Funds Execute Largest Corn Long Liquidation Since 2025
SocialMay 29, 2026

Funds Execute Largest Corn Long Liquidation Since 2025

📉Funds aggressively offloaded CBOT corn in the week ended May 26, as futures fell on good U.S. weather and Chinese demand concerns. Net long = 211k f&o contracts. The week marked funds' largest round (by far) of long liquidation since the...

By Karen Braun
Equity Put/Call Ratio Hits 0.51, Lowest Since 2022
SocialMay 29, 2026

Equity Put/Call Ratio Hits 0.51, Lowest Since 2022

The 40 day MA of the Equity Put/Call ratio has dropped to 0.51, its lowest level since early 2022 when it was rising. The last time it was at 0.51 and declining like now was in 2020. It made an...

By CyclesFan
MSFT's $450 Strike Faces Massive Gamma, $58M Calls
SocialMay 29, 2026

MSFT's $450 Strike Faces Massive Gamma, $58M Calls

Positive gamma exposure at $450 on $MSFT is getting real heavy. Not to mention the $58M in short-dated single-leg Calls so far today.

By Andrew Hiesinger
Sell May‑29 960/1050 Strangle, Capture Credit, Await IV Decline
SocialMay 29, 2026

Sell May‑29 960/1050 Strangle, Capture Credit, Await IV Decline

$COST "Trade Idea 4: Sell the May 29 Expiry 960/1050 Strangle for a $4.35 credit." looks ot expire, let IV fall then can buy to close or watch

By Greg Harmon
Citi Spikes as Buyers Snap up $
SocialMay 28, 2026

Citi Spikes as Buyers Snap up $

Citi (C) late burst higher seeing buyers 5000 July $130 calls $4 offer sweeps, OI checks

By Joe Kunkle
Value Investors Leverage Options for Income and Safety
SocialMay 28, 2026

Value Investors Leverage Options for Income and Safety

Tim @TimTravisValue Travis on: * How Value Investors Use Options To Generate Income And Buy Stocks At Lower Prices * Cash-Secured Puts Explained: How Buffett Used Options To Lower His Entry Price * Using Options To Build Margin Of Safety Into Investments * $NOW...

By Tobias Carlisle
TSLA Faces Cheap Puts
SocialMay 27, 2026

TSLA Faces Cheap Puts

Lots of spot up/vol up across the market and call skew much more expesensive TSLA riskies have also had a big move. Given that the vols aren't that elevated and put skew is much cheaper, thoughts on TSLA ahead of SPCX...

By Kris Abdelmessih
SPX >7,500 Faces $8B Negative Delta Resistance
SocialMay 26, 2026

SPX >7,500 Faces $8B Negative Delta Resistance

Each of the last 3 times SPX tested >7,500 (black) we've seen big negative deltas (purple) push back. This time it was ~$8bn. There is a 30k lot of MM 7,500 calls is non-0DTE, too, which may keep this...

By Brent Kochuba
Platinum Vaults Swell as Front‑month OI Drops
SocialMay 26, 2026

Platinum Vaults Swell as Front‑month OI Drops

Platinum continues to pile up at the #GFEX vaults. Total warrants at the Guangzhou Futures Exchange spiked to 3,855 lots (3.9 tons) PT2606 Heading to Delivery: Front-month Open Interest has deflated to 6,555 lots. the OI-to-Vault ratio sits at 1.70:1 Chart below

By Carolin Frazier
Pre‑IPO Perps Bypass Legal Risks of Secondary Shares
SocialMay 24, 2026

Pre‑IPO Perps Bypass Legal Risks of Secondary Shares

I spoke with Dio Casares (@diogenes) of @patagon about why Anthropic and OpenAI voided secondary shares before their IPOs — and why, structurally, pre-IPO perps sidestep almost all of those problems. It’s an inside look at why pre-IPO perps avoid the...

By Laura Shin
Massive Put Buying, Call Selling Signal Extreme SPX Negativity
SocialMay 22, 2026

Massive Put Buying, Call Selling Signal Extreme SPX Negativity

-$16bn I believe this is near to the most negative delta day I've ever seen. This is put buying and call selling in size in the SPX. very very strange, and it feels not great. https://t.co/anmJl5fL8O

By Brent Kochuba
Upcoming Discussion on Block Trading Paper Next Week
SocialMay 22, 2026

Upcoming Discussion on Block Trading Paper Next Week

Block Trading paper metioned on @Options #VolViews that we will talk about on the network next week - https://t.co/Rs9rOT0ipl

By Russell Rhoads
Buy July $200 TTM Tech Calls At
SocialMay 22, 2026

Buy July $200 TTM Tech Calls At

TTM Tech (TTMI) 2500 July $200 calls buy 22.05 offers here with June 170 adjusting

By Joe Kunkle