{"id":88758,"date":"2021-05-20T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=88758"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:32:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:32:59","slug":"things-to-watch-ahead-of-expiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/options\/things-to-watch-ahead-of-expiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to Watch Ahead of Expiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019ve had quite a week so far, and it\u2019s only Thursday morning.&nbsp; Once again, I\u2019ll let a chart do much of the talking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-day-s-p-500-index-spx-4-minute-bars\">4 Day S&amp;P 500 Index (SPX), 4 Minute Bars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"485\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-4-day-1100x485.png\" alt=\"4 Day S&amp;P 500 Index (SPX), 4 Minute Bars\" class=\"wp-image-88766 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-4-day-1100x485.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-4-day-700x309.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-4-day-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-4-day-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-4-day-1536x678.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-4-day.png 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/485;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We see an uneventful Monday and much of Tuesday, only to see a late drop that afternoon.&nbsp; The drop continued through Wednesday morning, after which a combination of dip-buying and a benign reaction to the Fed minutes took hold.&nbsp; We now have regained the levels that prevailed early in the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/crypto\/crashing-gradually-then-suddenly\/\">Yesterday we asserted<\/a> that while the crypto plunge got most of the headlines (rightly so), <a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/crypto\/crashing-gradually-then-suddenly\/\">the real culprit for SPX was the morning expiration of VIX futures<\/a>.&nbsp; Those can be difficult to hedge on a normal expiration, and even more so on a panicky morning.&nbsp; Bear in mind that the natural hedge for VIX futures is the SPX Index options complex.&nbsp; The VIX Index is based upon those options.&nbsp; The open interest in those options explain much about the levels of Tuesday\u2019s close, Wednesday\u2019s open, and today\u2019s rally (so far).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay special attention to the open interest (OInt) column on the 4075, 4100, 4150 and 4175 lines in the table below.&nbsp; We can see that there are disproportionately high levels of open interest in those puts and calls on those lines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spx-index-options-snapshot\">SPX Index Options Snapshot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"470\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-options-1100x470.png\" alt=\"SPX Index Options Snapshot\" class=\"wp-image-88767 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-options-1100x470.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-options-700x299.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-options-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-options-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-options-1536x656.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/SPX-options.png 1912w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/470;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Bloomberg <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that hedging tends to occur around lines with high levels of volume and open interest.&nbsp; They can often be used as support or resistance targets, and levels through which moves can accelerate.&nbsp; It makes sense that Tuesday\u2019s drop went abruptly from the 4175 to 4150 region quite quickly.&nbsp; It also makes sense that we opened around 4100 yesterday and found support around the 4060-4075 level (the 50 day moving average is in the 4060 area).&nbsp; It also explains why 4150 acted like a target today, and why it would not surprise me if we moved towards 4175 either this afternoon or on tomorrow\u2019s open if the rally continues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By that same logic, I would keep an eye on the 420 level in SPY tomorrow.&nbsp; Unlike SPX Index options that expire on the open, ETFs like SPY expire on the close.&nbsp; The open interest on the 420 line is over 150,000 contracts today, which is far above any other pair of strikes that expire tomorrow.&nbsp; 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