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    Sunday Night Futures and Monday’s Options Open

    CME futures reopen Sunday at 6pm ET and get priced into Monday’s options before the bell, which is why Monday morning quotes never match what you saw Friday.

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    SPY Options Today: Quiet Friday, Lighter Week Ahead

    SPY closed flat and QQQ pushed higher as Friday’s quiet session let theta take back the wheel after FOMC week. What that means for next week’s options.

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    SPY Options Today: The Day After the FOMC Rally

    SPY closed +1.15% the day after a wide-range FOMC session. Here’s what that does to options premium and what tomorrow’s data actually matters for.

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    SPY Options Today: FOMC Day One, Decision Tomorrow

    SPY closed quiet on FOMC day one. Here’s how options IV usually behaves before a 2pm rate decision stacked with a 2:30pm press conference.

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    SPY Options Today: Pullback Before FOMC Starts

    SPY closed at $760.88, QQQ at $709.18, both down ahead of the FOMC’s two-day meeting starting tomorrow. Here’s how I’m sizing SPY/QQQ options into it.

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    This Week in Options: A Fed Decision Nobody Has Priced

    Retail Sales and a genuinely split FOMC land on the same Wednesday. Jake breaks down what that does to options pricing and position sizing.

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    SPY Rebounds on CPI Day, FOMC Week Looms

    SPY and QQQ broke three-day losing streaks on CPI day. Here’s what that rebound does to options premium, and how FOMC week changes the math.

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    SPY Options Today: Third Down Day, CPI Tomorrow

    Jake on why SPY and QQQ options are pricing in elevated IV before tomorrow’s CPI, what today’s third straight down day means for position sizing.

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    SPY’s Second Down Day, PPI Tomorrow

    SPY closed lower for a second straight day ahead of Thursday’s PPI print. What flat realized vol into a data day means for options sizing.

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    Labor Day Markets Are Closed. Your Theta Isn’t.

    Markets are shut for Labor Day, but options still burn a day of time value. What that means before PPI Thursday and CPI Friday.