The OCC put out this memo in case of an 'unscheduled market closing"...
Looking at opening indication of SPX options in April that will determine todays VIX settlement. Could be a crazy mark (or not). Follow along...
Don't know the answer to this even though I primarily trade SPX. If you are able to sell puts expiring today that are down 30% and the market...
Here are the futures limits in the SPU's for Monday that I have found. Please correct if you have other information. I rounded all numbers so...
There have been some opportunities lately buying cheap options on expiration day, a few minutes before the close and then trading the after hours...
Just got an email from TD. They will start charging exchange fees up to .65 a contract for SPX options starting Jan 2, along with a few other...
As of today, there are new codes for time and sales for option contracts. These new codes are much more detailed. You can now tell how the order...
Not sure how many people this will affect, but the CBOE has a new settlement procedure for the VIX. The VIX settlement price is based on the...
Curious if anyone still does these dividend plays anymore. I see this Fridays Sept 50 SPY calls have a decent open interest, over 4000. If you...
FYI, Beyond Meat BYND options will begin trading tomorrow.
The CBOE announced they will begin trading in Lyft options on Thursday. Should be interesting to see where they price vol. I assume it will be...
Look for a vix mark up for this mornings settlement. A lot of buyers of SPX Feb options on the opening.
So it appears that Robinhood may have switched option call and puts orders last week. It seems that they were down most of Wednesday as well....
Just crazy how out of whack the options are in TLRY because of the cost to short the stock. No one should be buying this stock, if they want to...
Not sure if any one else noticed, but the Cboe changed the way customer orders are filled in the SPX. It used to be that there was customer...
Huge bids in May out of money puts in spx this morning, suggesting big vix mark up for morning settlement.
Noticing the June 3000 (500 call, 3500 put) point box trading in the SPX today for an effective yield of about 2.2% (annual). So if you bought 1...
For anyone who thinks the Vix settlement is manipulated, here is your chance to take advantage of it. You can participate in the opening of the...
Currently SPX monthly AM settled options are treated differently then all the other SPX options. Brokers hold orders that are displayed on the...
Seeing huge bids on out of money SPX puts, suggesting a VIX markup this morning. We will see.
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