by Bob von Halle | Jan 11, 2021 | Commentary, Options
2020 was notable for many things, but one of the below the radar happenings in the financial markets was the absolute explosion in options activity. In many cases, option flow actually drove the performance in the underlying stock, the classic “tail wagging the...
by Bob von Halle | Dec 4, 2020 | Commentary, Options
Courtesy of Bloomberg, the following concise overview dropped into my inbox this morning and provided some perspective after the recent and ongoing market melt up. The Santa rally may not come to town. Many investors are primed for a year-end gain in risk assets,...
by Bob von Halle | Jul 12, 2020 | Options, Wall Street
From the astute people at Bespoke Investments, a read through on recent overall option market activity and what it might imply for the weeks ahead. • Equity market investors have been displaying very high enthusiasm for calls relative to puts in the last few weeks. • ...
by Bob von Halle | Jul 2, 2020 | Options, Wall Street
For those of you who have ever contemplated using options as a tool for hedging or speculation or arbitrage but felt the markets were too illiquid or opaque, here is a simple summary recap of the extraordinary volume seen across different parts of the option arena for...
by Bob von Halle | Jun 19, 2020 | Options, Wall Street
The mainstream financial media pays little attention to the equity options market for numerous reasons (opaque nature, complexity, trade rationale etc). But per the note below from Trade Alert, LLC (www.trade-alert.com) the flow of activity has been record breaking...
by Bob von Halle | May 28, 2020 | Options, Wall Street
From the folks at Bespoke Investments: Excellent overview of how the options market is viewing things as we scale over the 200 day sma in the S&P 500. • Options markets are not taking a very optimistic tone lately. • While the huge surge in volatility that came...