Well-hedged market limits crash potential
The guest argued that because the market is already well-hedged with puts, a violent crash is less likely as those hedges would be closed on a decline, providing support.
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CONTESTED · 77 MENTIONS · 42 EPISODES · 16 SHOWS
30 JUN 2025 — 14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
18 SUPPORT · 7 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 50 MENTIONED
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 7 MENTIONS
- Dealer gamma positioning suppresses volatility
- Market structure proved sound in April 2024 stress
- Vol risk premium vanished post-2012 · CHALLENGES
- Vol response depends on positioning, not just magnitude
- Low vol doesn't mean cheap; simple rules fail
- Put-spread collar is just short delta · CHALLENGES
- August 5 VIX spike was a technical mirage
29 EPISODES BETWEEN · 47 MENTIONS
- GRANT'S CURRENT YIELD PODCAST
- THE DERIVATIVE
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 3 MENTIONS
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- MACROVOICES
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 2 MENTIONS
- THE DERIVATIVE · 5 MENTIONS
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 2 MENTIONS
- THE DERIVATIVE
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 3 MENTIONS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- FORWARD GUIDANCE
- WHAT BITCOIN DID
- THE DERIVATIVE
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS
- THE DERIVATIVE · 4 MENTIONS
- FORWARD GUIDANCE
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 6 MENTIONS
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST
- EXCESS RETURNS
- MACROVOICES
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 5 MENTIONS
- VIX collapse driven by options positioning unwind
- Market is heavily hedged with puts
- Well-hedged market limits crash potential · THIS IDEA
- Zero DTE options priced for perfection, risk high · CHALLENGES
- Options flows reinforce market trends pre-expiration
5 EPISODES BETWEEN · 7 MENTIONS
- ANIMAL SPIRITS · 2 MENTIONS
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 2 MENTIONS
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 4 MENTIONS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 3 MENTIONS
HOW THE SHOWS HAVE DISCUSSED THIS THESIS OVER TIME · NOT A PERFORMANCE RECORD