Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

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Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

The Cboe Mini-Russell 2000 Index option contract, known by its symbol MRUT, is an index option product designed to track the underlying Russell 2000 Index. At 1/10 the size of the standard Russell 2000 options contract, MRUT provides greater flexibility and precision for small cap U.S. equity trading strategies, and for new index options traders or traders managing an individual portfolio.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

This article is part of our three-part series: “How to Utilize Cboe’s S&P 500 Index Options Benchmark Indices,” which highlights the hedging, income-generation and spread strategies investors may explore, with analysis of more than 35 years of data history of Cboe’s benchmark indices. Read part one, “Hedging Downside Exposure with PPUT, CLL and CLLZ Indices.”

In recent years, the yields on both stocks and bonds reached relatively low levels, and U.S. stock market volatility (as measured by the Cboe Volatility Index® (VIX® Index)) hit a record daily closing high of 82.69. Risk-averse investors in search of investments that generate income, offer smoother returns and have the potential to generate relatively strong risk-adjusted returns in this type of market environment may find utility in strategies that include the covered writing or selling of S&P 500® Index (SPX) options. 

Trading options is different than trading stocks, but it doesn't have to be daunting. Remember that having a balanced, diverse portfolio is one of the most important ways you can protect your investments. Using index options is simply another way of broadening your investing opportunities and can be used in nearly every investing situation.

A concise weekly overview of the U.S. equities and derivatives markets

Last week (July 26 – July 30), corporate earnings, economic data and the Federal Reserve dominated headlines. The Federal Reserve has yet to indicate intentions to scale back asset purchases. However, there’s some concern priced into option markets around the Fed’s upcoming Jackson Hole Symposium (August 26-28), where some market participants are anticipating there may be a potential shift to “taper” talks. Meanwhile, the Goldman Sachs Financial Conditions Index indicates the most supportive environment in at least three decades. The preliminary look at second quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was +6.5%, which was shy of expectations (~8.5%), but ultimately the economy is ahead of pre-pandemic levels by many measures. Government spending slowed over the past three months and consumer spending was stronger than anticipated. The U.S. economy is no longer in recession, making the 2020...

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.