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...Nvidia now makes up 2.7 per cent of the S&P 500, climbing from 1.1 per cent at the end of 2022....
...If market makers sold a large number of call options that would pay out if the S&P 500 were to rise, for example, they could hedge their position by purchasing S&P 500 futures....
...Chang estimates that their share of overall S&P 500 index options has climbed from about 30 per cent at the start of the year to about 40 per cent today — and at times have accounted for almost half of all...
...It’s very rare you see this dynamic where put premiums in single stocks are bid so much relative to the index,” said Brian Bost, the co-head of equity derivatives in the Americas at Barclays....
...“No one knows what will happen with inflation,” Bost said....
...Brian Bost, the co-head of equities derivatives in the Americas at Barclays, said that “for the first time in a long time” some institutional investors had sought to reduce their exposures to stocks instead...
...Brian Bost, co-head of equity derivatives in the Americas at Barclays, added that the fact stocks had pulled back despite the strong results was a “‘tell’ on current market positioning”....
...“You have seen the dam crack,” said Brian Bost, co-head of equity derivatives in the Americas at Barclays....
...“Once the velocity of the bond sell-off picked up, everything had to be re-evaluated,” said Brian Bost, co-head of equity derivatives trading in Americas for Barclays....
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