How to Read and Understand the Options Chain

Volatility Insights: Much Ado About 0DTEs - Evaluating the Market Impact of SPX 0DTE Options

Mandy Xu looks into the concerns about the market impact of 0DTE options. The analysis of market maker positioning shows that market makers are not typically left short gamma, and there is no evidence that the growth in 0DTE trading has led to an increase in intraday volatility or gap moves.

Order Types and Off-Screen Liquidity: What You See Isn't Always What You Get

As an experienced trader, you often start a trade by checking the three measures of liquidity—volume, open interest, and the bid/ask spread. If there are enough buyers and sellers, you assume the market is liquid enough to trade. If not, you might have trouble getting in or out of positions easily and efficiently, so you stay away.

How to Right-size Hedges Via Beta Weighting with XSP Options

To hedge a portfolio of individual stocks, notional value alone may not tell the whole story. The Cboe Mini-SPX Index options contract, known by its symbol XSP, allows right-sizing given its lower notional values.

What Are Money Market Funds?

Money Market Funds (MMFs) are savings pools that offer a safe place to park your cash while earning some interest.

Index ETFs: A Friendly Way to Start Your Investment

If you want to invest in the stock market but don't know how to choose, index ETFs are an efficient way to gain exposure to multiple companies. Let's check a summary of Index ETFs includes SPY, QQQ, TQQQ, SQQQ and others.

Bitcoin ETFs

Bitcoin ETFs are a new, secure, and low-cost option for retail investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin.