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Traders in the U.S. equity options market have grown skittish ahead of Tuesdays release of inflation data that could sway the Federal Reserves monetary policy trajectory.

Traders in the U.S. equity options market have grown skittish ahead of Tuesday's release of inflation data that could sway the Federal Reserve's monetary policy trajectory. Options on the S&P 500-tracking SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF were primed for a 1% swing in the fund's shares in either direction by the end of trading on Tuesday. Stronger-than-expected consumer price and employment data have whittled away at investors' expectations for how much the Fed will cut inte...

Traders in the U.S. equity options market have grown skittish ahead of Tuesdays release of inflation data that could sway the Federal Reserves monetary policy trajectory. Options on... -March 11, 2024 at 02:35 pm EDT - MarketScreener

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Traders in the U.S. equity options market have grown skittish ahead of Tuesday's release of inflation data that could sway the Federal Reserve's monetary policy trajectory. Options on the S&P 500-tracking S...

A sudden surge in U.S. stock volatility this week prompted some traders to blame short-dated options as the culprit, though others say the popular derivatives were just one piece of the puzzle.... -December 21, 2023 at 07:04 pm EST - MarketScreener

Ryan Detrick of The Carson Group compared the pullback to an absence of Santa Claus rallies and subsequent losses in the years 2000 and 2008.

A string of hefty bets on a doubling of Wall Street's best known volatility index is raising eyebrows in the U.S. equity options markets, though analysts say they are probably not wagers on a market crash. Some 100,000 January call options on the Cboe Volatility Index changed hands on Friday, with a strike price of 27. Similarly large positions in January VIX options were opened on Wednesday and Thursday.

A string of hefty bets on a doubling of Wall Streets best known volatility index is raising eyebrows in the U.S. equity options markets, though analysts say they are probably not wagers on a... -November 17, 2023 at 03:02 pm EST - MarketScreener

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - A string of hefty bets on a doubling of Wall Streets best known volatility index is raising eyebrows in the ...

Major indexes jump on hopes Fed’s rate hikes may be over