SPY options today closed -0.2% at $769.79 while Uber, McDonald’s, and Disney each ran their own IV crush cycle. The index chop hid a loud single-stock day.

Trading options during earnings season means IV crush hits stock-by-stock, all week. A look at Friday’s calm close and the Aug 3-7 earnings gauntlet ahead.

Futures and options trading are linked by one mechanic: a weekend futures gap reprices Monday’s options before you can react. Here’s why that matters.

SPY options today closed up 1.68% to $741.69 as QQQ jumped 3.30% on GDP and Core PCE data — a day after FOMC selling. Here’s the mechanical lesson.

The FOMC decision today held rates at 3.50%-3.75%, largely as expected. SPY still fell 1.54% and QQQ fell 2.04%. Here’s the mechanical reason why.

SPY options today closed flat at $739.09 while QQQ fell 0.31%. Here’s what that split session means walking into tomorrow’s FOMC decision.

I used to bet ahead of FOMC decisions. Here’s the trade that convinced me predicting the Fed is mostly ego, not edge, and what I do on data days now.

Trading options around GDP and PCE releases means the move at 8:30 AM often resolves in minutes. Here’s why manual reaction is almost always too slow.