With the final phase of the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) roll-out now in sight, we invite you to join State Street and leading industry experts as they discuss the challenges Phase 6 firms face in 2022, the approach the market participants are taking to solutioning, and the urgency now required to ensure compliance; all…

As we cue up some new guests for the Alpha Exchange, some reflections from your host on the Black Scholes model and its 50th anniversary. No model is perfect and traders must grapple with real world frictions not entertained by the model. I discuss how option market participants make adjustments and why. Hope you enjoy!

WTF is “Gammageddon”? What do 0DTE options have to do with it? Should I be fearful? Should I be greedy? We’re getting into all of it in this episode where we dig into just what zero days to expiry (0DTE) options are, who’s trading these things, who’s on the other side, and why (and why not) any of it could matter to…

What are the potential benefits of a passive approach to covered calls? S&P DJI’s Phil Brzenk and ProShares’ Simeon Hyman take a closer look at the S&P 500 Daily Covered Call Index, its performance, and why the index uses a daily approach vs. a more standard weekly or monthly approach.

Rob Hocking, Senior Vice President and Head of Product Innovation at CBOE Global talks about the biggest developments he’s seeing in the world of options, including short terms 0DTEs.

Many commodity prices have experienced downward pressure in 2023. What factors are behind this weakness? CME Group Chief Economist Blu Putnam explains.

Watch our informative webinar to learn more about CME Group Gold futures and options.

MacroVoices Erik Townsend welcomes Nomura’s Charlie McElligott to the show to discuss the formative banking crisis, monetary policy including yesterday’s 25 bps hike into the banking crisis, how to trade the Fed boxing itself into a corner, 0DTE options, abysmal performance of Commodity Trend funds in 2023, and much more.

A Bank for International Settlements study says over $60 trillion of off-the-books currency swaps could be a profound, systematic risk. Rob Johnson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.

To estimate the value of an equity in a company is difficult. It depends not only on future cash flows including new investments and changes in capital structure and dividends payouts, but also changing discount rates.

In this episode, Patrick Ceresna and Kevin Muir welcome Brent Kochuba from SpotGamma to talk S&P option expiry and gamma dynamics.

The Call Wall Strike is the strike with the largest net positive gamma in the underlying stock. Why does Call Wall Strike matter? This strike signifies where investors are targeting the top side of a bullish range. This level is considered a major magnet/pinning area for markets, and a major resistance point. When this…

Many investors think that options are just a vehicle that affects the portfolios of sophisticated investors. But their impact on the market goes well beyond that. In this episode, Validea talks to SpotGamma founder Brent Kochuba about the influence that options have on the stock market, and what that means for everyday…

Seasonally, the month of January tends to be a bullish month for the precious metal. Bill Baruch of Blue Line Futures says that while many traders and investors felt disappointed with gold's activity...

Get an overview of Term Mid-Curve SOFR options at CME Group.

In our latest episode of the OPEX Effect, we discuss the upcoming November options expiration. We also talk about the impact of 0DTE options on the market, the relationship between options expirations and VIX expirations, positioning in the Mag 7 stocks and a lot more.

Watch Craig Bewick review how our Equity Index products can suit customers with a variety of risk appetites and preferences, and tools to help trade them.

In this discussion, we explore new trading opportunities in Equity Index options and why including these contracts in your portfolio is beneficial.

Watch this webinar to learn how Interest Rate futures can help manage Treasury risk, including trading scenarios and tools to enhance your strategies.

Will the 2020s look like the 1970s with unstable inflation and soaring prices? Or will the economy return to the 2010s with low stable inflation rates of around 2%? There is a case to be made both ways, says CME Group Senior Economist Erik Norland.