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Re: The Quad Witch Glitch: Here's Why Stocks Soared Into This Morning's Open

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Re: "that contract literally exploded higher by 10 S&P points in the 10 minutes "
It LITERALLY exploded higher? Wow. We'd better call out the Navy Seal team...




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The Quad Witch Glitch: Here's Why Stocks Soared Into This Morning's Open
By: capt_nemo
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Fri, 20 Dec 19 9:22 PM
Msg. 47387 of 62138

There's their new word LOL GAMMA


In case you wondered why markets exploded higher in the pre-open, here's a simple answer.

Thanks to the huge weight of gamma in options contracts tied to the December expiration futures contract, that contract literally exploded higher by 10 S&P points in the 10 minutes before the cash market open (no there was no news or macro catalyst at all), as market-makers were forced to buy into the rip to balance their books as time-value collapsed.


The entire market then repriced on the basis of the December contract's exuberance with ETFs and futures all surging higher along with it. But the second that the December contract matured, the March contract began to sell back down...

So, there we have it again, the options market 'tail' is wagging the US equity market 'dog' once again.


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