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Amazon Attracts Bullish Bets From Options Traders Ahead Of Earnings
Thursday, August 3, 2023 - 8:31am | 212Read More...Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is expected to report quarterly earnings after the closing bell on Aug. 3, 2023. On CNBC’s "Options Action," Kris Sidial of The Ambrus Group said there were bullish bets on Amazon. Don’t forget to check out our premarket coverage here...
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NVIDIA Options Traders See Stock Rising Further Through Friday Amid AI Optimism
Thursday, June 15, 2023 - 8:46am | 259Read More...NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares climbed on Wednesday as the stock continued to surge amid artificial intelligence (AI) optimism. On CNBC’s "Options Action," Ambrus Group's Kris Sidial said people are piling in and buying NVIDIA’s calls amid the AI hype...
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Options Traders See CBOE Volatility Index Rising Sharply By June Expiration
Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 9:18am | 215Read More...The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) has dropped to its lowest level since November 2021. On CNBC’s "Options Action," Kris Sidial, The Ambrus Group co-CIO, said there was a buyer of 94,000 of the June 26-calls at an average price of $1.71 per contract for VIX. Don...
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Options Trader Sees CBOE Volatility Index Surging This Much By July Expiration
Thursday, March 9, 2023 - 10:17am | 218Read More...The CBOE Volatility Index (NYSE: VIX) fell below 19.5 level in a mixed day for Wall Street on Wednesday. On CNBC’s "Options Action," Kris Sidial of the Ambrus Group said there was a buyer of 85,500 of the May 30/32-call spreads, 83,100 of the June 32/34-call spreads and 83,000 of...
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Two Major Risks Investors Should Watch Out For In 2023
Sunday, January 8, 2023 - 5:49pm | 1253Read More...Prior to the beginning of 2022, the New York-based volatility arbitrage fund The Ambrus Group postulated a change in the market microstructure. In a video, the firm’s leadership said markets were fragile and traditional portfolio constructions such as 60/40 were suboptimal. “It...
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What Options May Have To Do With The S&P 500's Weakness — And Why The Sell-Off Is Orderly
Friday, May 20, 2022 - 4:41pm | 1447Read More...Friday marked the roll off of $460 billion in derivatives across single stocks and $855 billion of S&P 500-linked contracts, according to a Bloomberg report. What It Means: Heading into this event, market participants sought protection and were well-hedged. During this latest episode of...
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How To Invest Bigger In Bitcoin At Nearly Half The Volatility
Monday, December 27, 2021 - 1:05pm | 1648Read More...The speed with which volatility is realized, across markets, has risen. This is due in part to changing market structure; via a reduction in rates and market stabilization programs, participants have been induced to take on more interest rate and equity market risk. In the face of prevailing...
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'A Free Put On The Market': Ambrus Group CIO On Taking Advantage Of Volatility Dislocations
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - 5:40pm | 1381Read More...The correlation of stock moves, versus option activity, has become more pronounced over the past few years, and even more so after the pandemic sell-off. This comes as the demand for options is transmitted to underlying stocks via the risk management of market makers who, during outlier events, are...
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Fintech Focus For April 14, 2021
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 7:11pm | 2012Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “I think smart money understands that, although volatility has contracted a lot in these last two months, we are still seeing signs of excess market fragility appear from many different angles.” Source: Kris Sidial One Big Thing In Fintech: ConsenSys, a key...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For February 6, 2021
Friday, February 5, 2021 - 5:37pm | 1508Read More...'This Is Not The Market Participant's Problem': Volatility Arbitrage Trader Talks GameStop, Market Microstructure, Regulation The dynamics that transpired in GameStop can be traced back to factors like Federal Reserve stabilization efforts and low rates, which incentivize risk taking...
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Fintech Focus For February 2, 2021
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 6:38pm | 1809Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “This is not the market participants' problem, they paid to play. It’s the broker’s problem, from an operational standpoint, to make sure that these things are in check.” Source: Kris Sidial One Big Thing In Fintech: Year 2021 will be all about...
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'This Is Not The Market Participant's Problem': Volatility Arbitrage Trader Talks GameStop, Market Microstructure, Regulation
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 6:13pm | 1560Read More...In 2019, former financial professional Keith Gill, who goes by “Roaring Kitty” on Reddit, began a movement that pushed GameStop Corporation’s (NYSE: GME) stock price as high as $513.12 in premarket trade Jan. 28, after which numerous brokers made the controversial decision to...
