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Sunday, March 26, 2023

Financial Volatility

How Options-Hedging Turbocharged Oil Volatility
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-options-hedging-turbocharged-oil-volatility-334cef5b
 
Stock-option traders are creating explosive volatility in the market.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/every-day-is-a-battle-how-option-traders-drive-explosive-stock-market-swings-8656fa69
Over the past year, trading in so-called “zero day to expiration” — or “0DTE” — contracts linked to the S&P 500 has surged, according to data from the Cboe Options Exchange, where many of these contracts are traded. They now account for more than 40% of total trading volume in S&P 500 options, according to data furnished by the exchange.