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SpotGamma Founder Discusses How The Fed's Next Move And Expiring Derivatives Could Spark Market Turbulence
Friday, September 20, 2024 - 9:48am | 825Read More...The U.S. equity market stands at a critical crossroads, SpotGamma founder Brent Kochuba says. The convergence of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision and the September expiration of derivatives positions may trigger a scenario similar to last month's turbulence when highly leveraged...
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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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What The SEC May Have Missed In Its Report On 'Meme Stock' Volatility
Friday, October 22, 2021 - 5:01pm | 538Read More...The U.S. Securities and Commission issued a report earlier this month suggesting brokers — via gamified user interfaces and mechanisms such as payment for order flow — lured investors to increase their trading which, in turn, resulted in higher revenues. Context: The...
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Fintech Focus For July 19, 2021
Sunday, July 18, 2021 - 9:46pm | 1592Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” Source: Nelson Mandela One Big Thing In Fintech: “Just recently, we hit a low in realized volatility.” “The market has had essentially no movement and...
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Identifying The Next Gamma Squeeze With SpotGamma
Saturday, July 17, 2021 - 11:03am | 1206Read More...Volatility is suppressed. That’s according to Brent Kochuba, founder at SpotGamma, a financial insights company applying proprietary methodologies toward index and equity options modeling. “Just recently, we hit a low in realized volatility,” Kochuba said. “The market has...
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Fintech Focus For July 16, 2021
Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 6:13pm | 1743Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.” Source: Epictetus One Big Thing In Fintech: In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on July 15, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell reiterated his uncertainty as to whether the Fed would proceed with...
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Fintech Focus For June 14, 2021
Sunday, June 13, 2021 - 10:13pm | 1829Read More...Quote To Start The Day: "[C]ost-push inflation will be the primary driver of inflation through the remainder of this year and into next. The Fed is betting on this, but if it is wrong, it will be because a wage-price spiral developed, although that is unlikely to occur until the economy has...
