Financial comedy - option/vol trades - (Author of the Smashing Volatility finblog https://xitter.cf/t.co/pNixKF6a6V)

Boston, MA
Joined November 2012
Nouveau smallz doing daily short puts (today actually wasn't much of a burn) will get blown out if this happens:
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$QQQ 2018 and this yr, burn some sage over this chart if you're max long tech
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This is the first time a stock has options on it trading after 4pm and during earnings news
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Back in July, during unclench week, it was a daily noontime call smashathon/neg d, which is what we've seen mon/tue
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$META retail loading calls for the assumed spike party
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.@Cboe $VIX just came alive big-time. Rumors flying someone getting blown out. Totally different trailing 30min than everything prior this week
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they were drunken asking for 2T in the first place and from 960B in May
SOME INVESTORS DIAL BACK ANTHROPIC VALUATION EXPECTATIONS AMID DISAPPOINTING RESULTS, MARKET SELLOFF: RTRS
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they had prob get it done else the door is going to shut at whatever number they'd get now
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how does $CRWV get to green and the rest of it is like nope
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$SMH amazing how it keeps coming back to the same price, opex after opex
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Who could have seen $NVDA about to tank? From the sub morning note last week:
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minor uptick in vol as put smashers chase a few they sold around 10:30 lolz - cpi day is already 10 ATM but they will prob go shoot those down now
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another smash coming with the 'that auction was just so awesome' spike party
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$SPCX lockups don't even make news anymore, another one tmw, and the day before the last one was a constant drip
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*SAMSUNG 3Q SALES 195.00T WON, EST. 201.9T WON
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reality, not so hot now is it
This was the highest yield for a 10Y auction since November 2000
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This auction was so awesome! (last month 50bps less gmafb)
U.S. 10-YEAR TREASURY AUCTION DRAWS STRONG DEMAND The Treasury sold $39 billion of 9-year 10-month notes at a 5.300% high yield, with a 2.77 bid-to-cover ratio. Indirect bidders took a strong 80.34%, direct bidders 17.12%, while primary dealers were left with just 2.54% — signaling solid end-investor demand.
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smashing anything lower with a pulse at the open is a risk free thing now
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$MU .60 to $12 since Samsung tnite, someone made a fortune in an hour
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