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How Income Investors Can Use Options for Fun and Profit
May 22, 2025Stock options aren’t just for speculation; they can offer powerful insights into dividend safety. As Garrett DeSimone, Head Quant at OptionMetrics, puts it: “Investors don’t need to buy and sell options for them to be useful. Options can also tell ...
Read moreThis zero-day options craze could finally be coming to popular stocks like Nvidia and Tesla. Here’s what to know.
May 6, 2025Nasdaq has officially requested SEC approval to list zero-day options (0DTE) on top stocks like Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, and more, with Monday and Wednesday expirations on the table. This expansion could be a major shift for options traders, especially individual ...
Read moreGold’s Bullish Sentiment Seen Easing as Record Rally Stumbles
April 29, 2025Gold has outperformed major asset classes this month, but shifts in options positioning suggest caution ahead. In a recent Bloomberg piece, Garrett DeSimone, head quant at OptionMetrics, notes that “from the options market perspective, upside and downside weights are pretty ...
Read moreFrom policy ambiguity to price volatility: the hidden cost of indecision
April 25, 2025In August 2022, Olympic Steel shifted from an inconsistent short-term debt strategy to a clearly conservative policy, leading to a 22% stock increase and a nearly 50% drop in volatility of volatility (VOV). New research by Dr. Adam Harper of ...
Read moreTariffs are causing stock-market panic and leading investors into riskier options trading.
March 13, 2025Tariff uncertainty is driving record options trading, with 0DTE trades making up 54% of S&P 500 options activity. “It’s definitely possible” that these trades impact volatility, says Garrett DeSimone, Head Quant at OptionMetrics, “but much of this news coincides with ...
Read moreGoldman: $2.7 trillion of options set for expiration
February 25, 2025Goldman Sachs' analysis, supplemented by OptionMetrics data, provides a detailed breakdown of the $2.7 trillion options expiration event. The accompanying chart highlights the composition of expiring contracts, showcasing the dominance of S&P 500 AM-settled options ($1.2T), alongside single-stock options ($615B), ETFs, ...
Read moreAI and Trump tariffs spur hyped-up dispersion trade
February 21, 2025Despite record-high entry costs, equity dispersion trades thrived in January, fueled by AI-driven volatility and shifting tariff policies. This Risk article explores how traders capitalized on market swings, using OptionMetrics data to analyze volatility pricing. "Dispersion benefits when implied correlation ...
Read moreMarkets So Spicy You Can Eat Them
January 31, 2025From AI and DeepSeek to gold, coffee, and uranium—this week’s Futures Rundown covers it all! Join host Mark Longo and Winhall Risk Analytics/OptionMetrics contributor Brett Friedman as they break down the latest market movers, the Fed’s recent actions, and key ...
Read moreThe European (non?) discount
January 14, 2025Large-cap U.S. stocks now trade at a 65% premium to their European counterparts in P/E ratio terms—far beyond historical norms. Opinions are split: some argue for mean reversion, while others point to U.S. growth and innovation as enduring drivers of ...
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