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FOMC statement and Fed rate decision (Oct 27–28 meeting; no SEP/dot plot)
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FOMC statement and Fed rate decision (Oct 27–28 meeting; no SEP/dot plot)
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Fed & FOMC
Rate decisions, the Fed calendar, rate odds and the people who vote.
21 articles
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Rates & Treasuries
The 10-year, term premium, Treasury supply, inflation data and what they do to mortgages.
12 articles
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Global Central Banks
The Fed is not alone: what other central banks are doing and why it matters for SPX.
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0DTE Method
Defined-risk structures, butterflies, risk allocation and the daily process.
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Open Interest in Options: The Positioning Map Most Traders Ignore
Open interest in options tells you how many contracts are currently active at a given strike and expiration. It is not volume. Volume counts how many contracts traded…
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Option Assignment: What Happens When You Owe 100 Shares
Option assignment is what happens when the person on the other side of your short option exercises their right. If you sold a call, assignment means you must…
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Short Strangle: The Undefined Risk Trade That Looks Easy Until It Isn’t
A short strangle sells both a call and a put on the same underlying with the same expiration but at different strikes, both out of the money. You…
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Poor Man’s Covered Call: The Leveraged Income Trade That Bites Back
A poor man’s covered call replaces 100 shares of stock with a deep-in-the-money long-dated call, then sells short-term calls against it—exactly like a covered call but with a…
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Cash Secured Put: The Income Strategy That Doubles as a Trap
A cash secured put is the simplest options selling strategy that exists. You sell a put option, set aside the cash to buy 100 shares if assigned, and…
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Diagonal Spread Options: The Hybrid That Adds Direction to Time
A diagonal spread is what happens when you take a calendar spread and add a directional opinion. You sell a near-term option at one strike and buy a…
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Calendar Spread Options: How Time Spreads Really Work
A calendar spread is one of the few options structures where you are not primarily betting on direction. You are betting on time. You sell a short-dated option…
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Put Debit Spread: Why Cheaper Bearish Bets Still Lose
A put debit spread is the most straightforward way to trade a bearish thesis with defined risk. You buy a put at a higher strike, sell a put…
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Bear Call Spread: The Credit Trap Most Sellers Walk Into
The bear call spread is the mirror image of the bull put spread. You sell a call at a lower strike, buy a call at a higher strike,…
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0DTE Options News: Where Pros Get Daily SPX Intelligence
0DTE options news moves fast. By the time a headline hits mainstream financial media, the SPX move it describes is already priced in, the dealer hedging has already…
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Implied Volatility Options: What IV Actually Tells You About Price
Implied volatility is the single most important number in options pricing. It is the market’s consensus estimate of how much the underlying will move over a given period,…
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Options Market Analysis: Every Signal That Actually Moves Price
Options market analysis is the study of options-derived data to understand where price is likely to go next. While most traders focus on price charts and technical indicators,…
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