“More than 60% of options trades tied to indexes are those expiring in nine days or less, up from around 40% in January 2021, according to the data provider OptionMetrics. In total, options tied to roughly $1.6 trillion of stock indexes and exchange-traded funds change hands each day, nearly eight times the $204 billion of individual stocks, according to a Goldman Sachs analysis of OptionMetrics data.”
Featuring OptionMetrics data, The Wall Street Journal’s latest article, “Traders Pile Into Boom-or-Bust Options to Play Stock Market Volatility,” is available to read below.