Options traders start to load up puts; The average stock remains in a death cross on a weekly basis; Q2 Earning season starts Friday. Banks gonna stink it up.

Options traders are loading up on contracts that will jump in value should equities see a big drop NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) – Options traders are taking advantage of muted U.S. stock market gyrations to load up on contracts that would jump in value should equities see a big …

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300 Commiefornians Are Ditching State EVERY DAY for Texas Due to Affordability and Lack of Job Options

The California mass exodus is still alive and well. Not only are Americans still leaving California over its out-of-control policies and completely left-wing vision for 2035, but they are ditching the state for Texas. According to a survey from StorageCafe, the exodus is even beginning to speed up: Not only is California to …

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Nancy Pelosi’s husband just snapped up $2.6 million of Apple and Microsoft stock, closing out an options bet that the shares would soar

Nancy Pelosi’s husband exercised roughly $2.6 million worth of Apple and Microsoft stock options this month. Paul Pelosi bought 5,000 shares of both Apple and Microsoft stocks on June 15, exercising 50 call options. Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly said her husband’s investments have nothing to do with her political knowledge. …

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Market manipulation via the options market has reached unprecedented extremes. Highest greed index in at least two years

In this era, market manipulation via the options market has reached unprecedented extremes: Today is quarterly opex. pic.twitter.com/XZJdj9ChtF — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) June 16, 2023 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1669638387911860226 BREAKING: Harvey Jones, who has been on the Nvidia, $NVDA, board since 1993, has sold nearly 120,000 shares this week, worth $48.3 million. He has …

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‘Did you know that call options volume in the S&P 500, NASDAQ 100 and Russell 2000 have recently hit all-time highs? And we’ve just seen all-time highs in weekly tech inflows?’

Did you know that call options volume in the S&P 500, NASDAQ 100 and Russell 2000 have recently hit all-time highs? And we've just seen all-time highs in weekly tech inflows? Want to learn more? The latest Charts of the Week is now available!https://t.co/IaXDP7KXDc — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) June …

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Retail investors are losing billions buying stock options

via economist: Not long ago trading in American stock options was limited mainly to professional investors. Options are contracts that provide the right to buy or sell a security at a specified price over a fixed time period. They can deliver big payouts if a stock moves in the desired direction, …

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