Gamma exposure
Why dealer hedging pins price at some strikes and accelerates it through others, and how to read a GEX profile before the open.
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The concepts the desk actually uses, written out in full and free to read. Start with gamma — it is the piece most retail traders have never been shown.
0DTE and SPX
What changes when an option expires the same day: decay, gamma risk, spreads, and why sizing rules are different.
Smart Money Concepts
Liquidity sweeps, fair value gaps and breaks of structure — the timing layer that sits on top of a positioning thesis.
Options flow
Reading the tape of large options prints: what is genuinely informative, what is a hedge, and what is noise.
Position sizing and risk
The arithmetic of survival. Why a strategy with a real edge still blows up at the wrong size.
Glossary
Every term the desk uses in alerts, defined plainly — from charm and vanna to BOS and IFVG.
Risk disclosure
Trading options involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Options can expire worthless. It is possible to lose the entire amount paid for a position in a single session.
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