Options AI

Just a few trading days after the stock’s direct listing, Coinbase options have also begun trading. Below we’ll look at how traders are pricing potential movement, and how options can be used. The Expected Move How a new listing like COIN will behave in early trading is unknown, but we...

Earnings And Expected Moves Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is the first of the FAANG stocks to report Q1 earnings, with the announcement coming after the bell today (Tuesday, April 20). Weekly options are pricing an almost 6% expected move in the stock through the event. With the stock near $555...

The Broader Markets Last Week – The SPY closed last week at new highs, up more than 2.5% on the week, a move well beyond the 1.1% move options were pricing. Despite that outsized move, market implied volatility in options fell even lower. The VIX ...

The Broader Markets The S&P 500 closed the shortened holiday week at new highs, up about 1.1%, about inline with the 1.1% the options market was pricing. With that, the VIX closed at 17.30, its lowest level in a year. SPY options are again pricing in about a 1.1% move in either direction for...

The Broader Markets The S&P 500 closed the week at new highs, up about 1.6% on the week versus the 1.4% the options market was pricing. With that, the VIX closed at 19, its lowest level in a year. The Nasdaq closed the week slightly lower. SPY options are pricing in about a 1.1% move in either...

The Broader Markets The S&P 500 was lower last week by about 1.2%, slightly less than the 1.5% move that was priced by the options market. The small move lower did not affect overall implied volatility, as the VIX stayed near 20 to close the week. SPY options are pricing in about a 1.4% move...

The Broader Markets The major indices rallied to new highs. Options were pricing in about a 2% move last week and the SPY climbed by nearly 3%. With that, option volatility, as measured by the VIX settled near 20 to close the week. At the close on Friday, SPY options were pricing in about a 1.5%...

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock is back in the news following a sell-off over the past few weeks and a bounce higher in the past few days. We'll look at what the options market is expecting in terms of the magnitude of upcoming stock moves. We'll also look at how spreads might be used in a high-...

The Broader Markets The major indices saw volatile swings in both directions this past week before finishing close to where they started. The VIX spiked to more than 30 on Thursday before ending the week near 25. At the close on Friday, SPY options were pricing in about a 2% move in either...

Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) reports earnings today (Monday) after the close. ZM options are pricing about a 9% move, or just under $40 in either direction. Zoom was lower by -15% on its most recent earnings report and saw moves of +40% and +8% in the two prior. A full calendar...

Square (NYSE: SQ) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) are both set to report earnings in the next couple of days, with Square today after market close and Nvidia tomorrow after the bell. Here's a visualization of how options are pricing expected moves, followed by some examples of spread strategies,...

With cannabis stocks in the news this week, we’ll reveal what the options market is expecting in terms of upcoming stock moves and look at how options can play a role in potential short-squeeze situations. Using Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) as an example, we’ll also look at how spreads...

See also: How to Buy GME Stock The crazy trading action in GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) and other heavily shorted stocks continued on Tuesday as a tug-of-war between institutional short sellers and online communities of retail traders carries on. From a distance, the volatility in stocks like...

This presentation from Options AI Financial LLC is from Benzinga’s Virtual Options Boot Camp that took place on July 31, 2020. Options AI’s platform doesn’t look like your average trading platform.  Typically, with most traditional brokerage trading platforms, users need to...

In its first-quarter 2020 Millennial 100 report, Apex Clearing, a full-suite of custody, clearing, and API solutions highlighted a massive spike in account openings across all generations. The rise in account openings came as market participants sheltered at home due to the COVID-19...