The $5.5 Trillion Option Expiration Could Change Everything

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There’s a lot talk about tonight. There are around $5.5 trillion worth of derivatives expiring as I write this – massive positions are coming off the books. That’s bigger than Japan, bigger than France – bigger than all but two world economies. That’s big.

The SPX hit its $65 expected move, no sweat, this week.

We’re seeing heavy capital rotations, too. Nvidia and Meta crapped out, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are filling that hole.

All of this is shaking things up. This is changing the story.

We’re going to talk about that story right now. We’ll cover triple witching, we’ll check out these rotations, and the opportunities unfolding in GLD and TLT.

So let’s start talking…

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