What Is Options Flow, and How Do You Actually Read It?
Options flow is a live stream of executed trades, not a signal by itself. Learn which side paid up, why size alone means nothing, and how to read a print.
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Options flow is a live stream of executed trades, not a signal by itself. Learn which side paid up, why size alone means nothing, and how to read a print.
Read article →Fear dominates equities as VIX rises, yields dip, and the Fed holds a cautious watch amid market uncertainty.
Read article →Tesla fell 14.5% on a Q2 margin miss, Brent crude hit $100 after Houthi tanker attacks then faded, and stocks closed a losing week. Recap: July 20-24, 2026.
Read article →ECB held at 2.25% on July 23. USD/JPY hit a 40-year high near 164 as EUR/USD and GBP/USD slipped on cooling Fed-cut odds and $100 oil.
Read article →ECB rate decision today, USD/JPY near a 40-year low, EIA crude inventories build 2M barrels, and CFTC positioning across EUR, GBP, JPY, NZD.
Read article →S&P, Dow and Nasdaq snap a 3-day losing streak, Fed hold odds hit 83.4%, and a new Houthi blockade at Bab al-Mandab adds a second oil chokepoint alongside Hormuz.
Read article →Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $84.4M Monday as Crypto Fear & Greed fell to 25. VIX at 18.65, June LEI down 0.2%, crude stocks fall 1.7M barrels.
Read article →Bitcoin ETFs added $132.3M and ether ETFs $36.7M on July 17, even as PnL Champions data shows traders running two-to-one short on both coins.
Read article →GBP net short just hit a record. The CFTC publishes three different COT reports, and most traders read the wrong one. Here is which version matters for forex and what a record positioning extreme actually signals.
Read article →RBA holds at 4.35%, GBP shorts hit a record, ECB decides Thursday. FX week-ahead levels, COT positioning, and Fed hike odds for July 20-26, 2026.
Read article →S&P 500 fell 1.6% the week of July 13-17 as chip stocks lost $1T and Apple overtook Nvidia as the world's most valuable company.
Read article →VIX jumps to 16.73 as chip stocks sink on AI capex fears; oil near 1-month highs on Hormuz closure. Fed meets July 29.
Read article →SPY and QQQ options flow for July 15, 2026: semiconductor put buying dominates as gamma exposure builds near 750-760 (SPY) and 720-730 (QQQ).
Read article →IBM stock crashed 25% on July 14, its worst day on record. See why, plus how Goldman Sachs, CrowdStrike, Treasury yields, and crypto reacted the same day.
Read article →Bank earnings, TSMC's record quarter, and Trump's 20% Strait of Hormuz toll are all moving markets this week. Here's what the data confirms.
Read article →Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs snapped an 8-week outflow streak with $90M and $18M inflows on July 10, even as crypto fear sits near 30 ahead of June CPI.
Read article →Unusual options activity gets sold as a smart money tracker. Here is what actually counts as unusual, why sweeps beat blocks, and why the busiest days for options flow are often the least reliable ones to read.
Read article →FX week ahead: GBP shorts hit a record -156K, JPY shorts near a 2-year high, Fed at 3.50-3.75%, BOJ at 1.00%. Next COT report July 17.
Read article →Fed holds at 3.50%-3.75%, BOJ steady at 1.00% after June hike, GBP and JPY shorts near record COT levels. FX week in review, July 6-10, 2026.
Read article →US spot BTC ETFs recorded $84.9M in outflows on July 8, snapping a 3-day inflow streak, while ETH ETFs extended gains to five days.
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