In my never-ending search for capital efficiency in my portfolio, I have been leveraging my short-term, low risk bond holdings as collateral to gain exposure to equity indices like the S&P 500 (SPX) ...

SPY options let traders take bullish or bearish positions on derivatives that respond to price movements from the S&P 500. A long call is bullish and gains value from price increases to the S&P 500, ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The S&P 500 index is widely used as a barometer of the ...

Last week, I presented the growing risks to equity market bulls. Right after we shared this commentary, the potential scenario I presented for the upcoming week promptly unfolded. The S&P 500 Index ...

Neither bulls nor bears have exerted command in these final weeks of 2025. Since mid-September, the SPX has been locked in a range between 6,550 and 6,900. Zoom in on the SPX’s price action with an ...

Investment solutions that were once tailored for institutional investors have now become accessible to the retail market. As individual retail traders become more knowledgeable, their investment ...

“As for the week that just passed, one might call the SPX’s price action “non-directional, but volatile.” In other words, the SPX moved 183 points from the previous Friday’s close to Thursday’s low, ...