All Entries Tagged With: "gamma"
When Options Near Expiration: A View of 3 Apple Options
Option theory may work great – in theory, but sometimes it pays to take a look at how options actually behave in the open market. Case in point, what really happens as an option nears its expiration date? Our new ZeccoPulse contributor Adam Warner wrote a couple of articles (here and here) on how a [...]
Weekly Options: Stocks “Pinned” Every Friday?
As an options expiration day arrives, traders note that stocks sometimes get “pinned” to a specific strike price. But now that every week is an expiration week for a select group of stocks and ETFs, will we see this phenomenon every Friday? As mentioned in an earlier post, the CBOE has added weekly options covering [...]
Weekly Expiration: Looking At The Options Greeks
As mentioned in an earlier post, the CBOE has added weekly options covering a select group of stocks, ETFs, and indexes. So it might be a good idea to see how these new options behave over their short life span. Just to recap, the new CBOE weeklys let you buy or sell options that expire [...]
The New CBOE Weekly Options: Expiration Week Every Week
When you look at options chains for a few selected stocks and ETFs, you’ll notice something new. If you see a “W,” note that these are “weekly options” that expire the very next week. That’s because the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) is adding these so-called “weeklys” to some additional stocks and ETFs. According to [...]
