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    Why Options Fills Get Ugly Around Holidays

    Holiday weeks thin out options liquidity before volume does. Why spreads widen and fills slip the day before and after a market holiday.

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    Jobs Report Day: SPY Options Read Into CPI Week

    SPY gave back 0.39% on jobs report day after Wednesday’s rally. What the premium unwind tells us heading into CPI and the Fed’s Sep 15-16 meeting.

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    SPY Rebounds Off ISM Selloff, Eyes Thursday Data

    SPY closed near session highs today after Tuesday’s ISM selloff. Here’s what that rebound does to options premium, and why Thursday’s data matters.

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    SPY Options: Yesterday’s Selloff, Today’s ADP Test

    QQQ dropped 1.27% while SPY fell 0.69% yesterday. What that gap means for IV, and why I’m sizing down going into ADP, Factory Orders, and the Beige Book.

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    Week Ahead: Options Pricing Into the Jobs Report

    ISM, ADP, jobless claims, then Friday’s jobs report. How SPY and QQQ options price a week that builds toward one Friday morning.

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    SPY Options: Jackson Hole Week Wrap, Aug 24-28

    SPY ran from $763 to a $775 intraday high through Jackson Hole week. Here’s how IV builds into a stacked catalyst day and what a strong close leaves behind.

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    SPY Options Into a Stacked 10am Fed Risk Window

    SPY and QQQ closed strong Thursday. Friday stacks Warsh’s speech, a payrolls revision, and consumer sentiment at 10am. Here’s how I’m sizing options into it.

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    SPY Options Today: Stacked Data Day, Aug 26

    Core PCE, Q2 GDP, durable goods, and income/spending all hit at 8:30am today. Here’s how I read SPY and QQQ options into a stacked data morning.

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    SPY Gives Back Friday’s Bounce Before Tuesday Data

    SPY and QQQ gave back Friday’s bounce Monday. Here’s how I size options into a quiet data day versus the bigger PCE/GDP print two days out.

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    The Real Benefit Isn’t Speed. It’s Not Watching.

    The main benefit of automated copy trading is rules decided in advance and no need to stare at a chart all day. Jake explains what changes and what does not.