Macro
Economic meltdown
Economic meltdown
This measures the total value of goods and services produced in a country over a specific period.
Gross domestic product or GDP
While volume measures daily trading activity, this specific metric represents the total number of options contracts of a particular series that are currently outstanding and have not yet been closed or exercised.
Open interest
This Fed chair served under President George H.W. Bush as Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance.
The man the myth the legend Jerome Powell
This company started out selling Brad's Drink in 1893.
Pepsi-Cola
MSFT
Microsoft
This measures the average change in prices paid by urban consumers for a basket of consumer goods and services.
Consumer price index or CPI
For an out-of-the-money option, its entire premium is comprised of this type of value, which erodes as time passes.
Extrinsic value or time value
Before making his fortune in Silicon Valley, this entrepreneur dropped out of Stanford after only two days to start his first company.
Elon Musk
This company began as the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation in 1946.
Sony
VST
Vistra Corp
This measures the overall health of the manufacturing sector, based on new orders, production levels, and supplier deliveries.
Purchasing Managers' Index or PMI?
This options 'Greek' represents the rate of change of an option's delta with respect to a change in the underlying asset's price, essentially measuring the acceleration of delta
Gamma
This tech entrepreneur started his company with $1,000 in 1984 selling computer components out of his dorm room while still a student at the University of Texas.
Michael Dell
This company founded in 1964 the Blue Ribbon Sports later changed its name in 1971
Nike
EAT
Brinker International
This monthly report provides a timely gauge of consumer spending, specifically excluding the more volatile categories of automobiles, gasoline, building materials, and food services to reveal underlying trends.
Core Retail Sales
If you are short an option contract that finishes 'in the money' at expiration, you face the risk of this action, where your broker will automatically complete the transaction for you, potentially forcing you to buy or sell shares.
Assignment or being assigned
This person was the first woman to serve as Chair of the Federal Reserve.
Janet Yellen
This company began as a small mail-order catalog business called 'California Perfume Company' in 1886.
AVON
SOXL
Dirextion daily Semiconductor 3x bull ETF
This highly anticipated monthly report details changes in non-farm payrolls, unemployment rates, and average hourly earnings, offering a comprehensive look at the health of the labor market.
Jobs Report (or Non-Farm Payrolls Report)
This common market phenomenon refers to the characteristic shape on an options chain where out-of-the-money put options have higher implied volatility than at-the-money calls, especially in equity markets.
The volatility skew or volatility smirk
This man is known for his work in developing the efficient market hypothesis.
Eugene Fama
This company began as Lucky-Goldstar Chemical Industrial Corp. in 1947.
LG Corporation! Yes before electronics they sold cosmetics and plastics
GLW
Corning