Stock Market Moves
This major index hit repeated all-time highs in 2024, driven by Big Tech and AI enthusiasm.
the S&P 500
This type of option gives the buyer the right to buy a stock at a set price.
A Call.
This is the largest cryptocurrency by market cap.
Bitcoin
This company released ChatGPT and sparked the 2024 AI boom.
OpenAI
This U.S. central bank controls interest rates.
the Federal Reserve
This chipmaker became the fastest-growing mega-cap stock due to exploding AI demand.
What is NVIDIA
The price you can buy or sell the stock for when exercising an option is called this.
Strike Price
This U.S. agency sued Coinbase and Binance in 2023 over alleged unregistered securities.
The SEC
This tech company surpassed Apple in market cap in 2024 for the first time in over a decade.
Microsoft
In 2024, U.S. unemployment remained below this percentage.
4%
This “Magnificent Seven” stock underperformed in 2024 after falling over 30%.
Tesla
When your option expires worthless, you lost this amount:
premium paid (your maximum loss)
This blockchain became the most-used chain by transaction volume in 2024, due to its cheap fees and meme-coin activity.
Solana
This cloud company saw massive growth due to AI workloads, outperforming AWS and GCP in 2024.
Oracle Cloud
The Fed’s long-run target for inflation is this percent.
2%
This e-commerce company replaced Amazon as the most downloaded app in the U.S. in 2024.
Temu
This strategy involves buying a call and selling a call at a higher strike:
a call debit spread
This stablecoin issuer became one of the most profitable financial companies globally due to interest earned on U.S. treasuries.
Tether (USDT)
This semiconductor competitor to NVDA had a breakout year with its MI300 chips.
AMD
This economic condition describes unemployment and inflation being high at the same time.
Stagflation
This entertainment giant spun off ESPN-related business discussions and continued restructuring.
Disney
This advanced options metric measures the change in delta relative to a change in stock price — often important for hedging in volatile markets.
Gamma
This protocol revolutionized crypto in 2020 by allowing interest, lending, and borrowing without a bank.
DeFi (Decentralized Finance)
In 2024, Meta launched this open-source LLM model that shook the AI landscape.
Llama 3
The Fed held interest rates at this range through most of 2024.
5% - 6%