S&P 500's Range-Bound Movement May Be Influenced by Options Market Activity
The S&P 500 remained nearly flat despite mixed market movements, with traders attributing the range-bound behavior to institutional options activity. Brent Kochuba of SpotGamma suggests that dealers are long gamma in both index and top stocks, stabilizing prices until key events like AI repricing or interest rate changes.
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