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The OPEX Effect

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The OPEX Effect is a joint podcast from Excess Returns and SpotGamma where we take a deep dive into the world of options and the flows they generate in markets. Join Brent Kochuba and Jack Forehand every month on Options Expiration week as they look at the major developments in the options world and how they impact all of our portfolios.

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37 episodes

  1. The 10-Year Hit 5.35%. OpenAI Came Up $20 Billion Short. So Why Is Nobody Buying Puts? 1:00:37
  2. Big Rally Collides with Oil and Rate Reality | What the Options Market Says Comes Next 59:20
  3. Big Semi Decline. Big Rally. Big Macro Risk | What the Options Market Says Comes Next 51:51
  4. Not Since the Dot-Com Bubble | The Vol Signal Flashing for the First Time in 20 Years 1:04:37
  5. SpaceX, OPEX, and the Flows Behind the Biggest IPO in History 1:07:53
  6. The Melt Up That No One Expected | What the Options Market Says About What Comes Next 1:06:58
  7. The Market the Tweets Can’t Break | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 1:08:31
  8. A 3% Drop from VIX 40 | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 1:09:59
  9. Violently Going Nowhere | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 1:06:50
  10. The Volatility Shift No One Sees | What the Options Market Says About What Comes Next 1:01:12
  11. 7000 Magnet. 6800 Trap Door | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 1:09:40
  12. The Two-Tailed Risk Trap | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 1:09:05
  13. Fragile Rally. Big Vol Spike. Credit Risks Rising | What the Options Market Says About What's Next 1:15:03
  14. Vol Is Crushed. Risk Isn’t | What the Largest OPEX In History Tells Us About What Comes Next 57:27
  15. Low Volatility Is Lying to You | What the Options Market Says About What Comes Next 1:05:21
  16. All-Time Highs. Record Complacency | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 1:00:24
  17. A Rally Built on Fragile Ground | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 59:28
  18. The Rally No One Trusts | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 1:03:38
  19. An Unprecedented Lack of Liquidity: What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 59:35
  20. One of the Fastest Corrections in History: What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 1:06:03
  21. Danger in Market Calm? What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 1:12:26
  22. The Two Sides of Volatility | Inside the January Options Expiration 58:48
  23. Tesla, MicroStrategy and An Inside Look at the Biggest Options Expiration in Market History 1:05:11
  24. Tesla, Trump and the Return of Meme Mania | Inside the Flows Driving the Post Election Rally 1:04:46
  25. Calm Before the Storm or Fuel for a Rally? | Inside Options Flows Heading into the Election 1:03:08
  26. What Regular Investors Need to Know About Options Flows | Brent Kochuba 1:03:14
  27. Behind the Scenes of the Recent Market Volatility | The OPEX Effect Ep. 11 1:01:36
  28. The OPEX Effect: July 2024 | Inside What is Driving This Weird Market 1:15:10
  29. The OPEX Effect: June 2024 | GameStop Retrospective, Call Imbalance and Massive NVDA Interest 1:11:05
  30. The Kitty is Roaring Again - Volatility Is Not | The OPEX Effect: May 2024 50:11
  31. The Return of Volatility 47:31
  32. The Nvidia Conundrum | The OPEX Effect | March 2024 1:13:10
  33. The OPEX Effect | February 2024 | Helping Long-Term Investors Understand Options Flows 1:07:42
  34. Inside the January Options Expiration 1:04:24
  35. The OPEX Effect: December Expiration | S&P 500 Update, Small-Cap Surge, JP Morgan Collar 1:00:55
  36. The OPEX Effect: November Expiration | 0DTE Options, S&P 500 Update, MAG 7 Positioning 1:06:40
  37. The OPEX Effect: October Expiration | S&P 500, Bond Volatility, MAG 7, Ozempic Trade 54:50