[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@VolSignals](/creator/twitter/VolSignals) "Great question and that's the corner of the macro/index space that made me shift gears and avoid shorting or selling upside in late June when McElligott at Nomura flagged it in his note. They placed it at 114bn to buy over the coming XX days- which would be exhausting this week. But I know GS has recently warned their models are triggering for significant inflows as well muddy water but yes it's a reason not to short here just yet"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947364603324776529) 2025-07-21 18:34:36 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements "CTA Update (per GS Trading Desk) Over X Week: Flat Tape: -$26.6bn to Sell (-$20.2bn to Sell in S&P) Up Tape: -$1bn to Sell Down Tape: -$62.5bn to Sell X Month: Flat Tape: -$34bn to Sell (-$25.3bn to Sell in S&P) Up Tape: $58.5bn to Buy Down Tape: -$195bn to Sell"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1632450478226194434) 2023-03-05 18:38:18 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements "@ot_see No matter where it lands That spread is worth $1000 at expiry So what does it mean"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1946318678376464636) 2025-07-18 21:18:28 UTC 24.4K followers, 1213 engagements "Welcome to OPEX Should you trust the rally Let's take a look (1/n)"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1946182848085459047) 2025-07-18 12:18:43 UTC 24.4K followers, 26.2K engagements "ES Nov 7100 7200 CS customer buying for $5.00"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947288488652439597) 2025-07-21 13:32:09 UTC 24.4K followers, 13.6K engagements "@smolprimist the funny part is so many of the SPX trades actually don't have much directional meaning at all they are vol surface plays margin hedging cross-asset arbs structural hedges etc. etc. and then when a real directional bet shows up these guys don't even catch it 🤣"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1944162593670635839) 2025-07-12 22:30:57 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements "There's no generative magnetism from a strike that has X Delta. That giant bar up top at $6350 Not relevant down here at $6300. If we squeezed above 6325 overnight. TOTALLY different story. and how about that inventory on the bottom right which date is that from"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1946182869577060608) 2025-07-18 12:18:49 UTC 24.4K followers, 3496 engagements "@rccfcc12 @dampedspring @lord_fed Imagine not hedging at the ATH in front of a tariff deadline"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947324216614732092) 2025-07-21 15:54:07 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements "AM rolls off at 9:30 AM and has not been traded since yesterday's close. Does it matter for today's price action Answer: "in a way yes" This is the PM-expiring positioning today- aka "ODTE" These options are subject to change but note the massive clusters of dealer longs"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1946182866091614587) 2025-07-18 12:18:48 UTC 24.4K followers, 3737 engagements "No Sunday spaces tonight Service not great here"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947062546684366970) 2025-07-20 22:34:20 UTC 24.4K followers, 9935 engagements "WHY IT MATTERS JEPI alone is short tens of thousands of calls expiring within XX days. This may not make the OptionsDepth profile but it's REAL GAMMA. .and like most risks it's eventually recycled into the public markets. (WE ARE STUCK IN JEPI MUD RIGHT NOW) (4/4)"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947730815934411099) 2025-07-22 18:49:48 UTC 24.4K followers, 6364 engagements "@PrinterSanti @doc_mcgraw We dont want naive construction. We want to know that the hedging influences we intend to factor into our market analysis are actually present. This requires correct positioning data. We need much more accuracy than inference alone provides"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1946665621652983924) 2025-07-19 20:17:06 UTC 24.4K followers, 1108 engagements "Since most casual observers here aren't in a position to understand any of these trade prints I will help. In order top to bottom: 1) Aug 6350 Calls marked BUY 177x Whether bought or sold it was a trade where two dealers faced each other. Net a wash (no meaning or influence on the profile) 2) July 6235 Calls marked BUY 248x Correct 3) Sep 6290 Calls marked BUY 173x Correct direction but completely meaningless in terms of customer interest. This is one half of a combo trade which is when the bank bringing the trade to the floor for execution includes the hedge as a synthetic (long Call vs"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1942275294532100262) 2025-07-07 17:31:30 UTC 24.4K followers, 70.1K engagements "If you're not hedging or shorting here good luck"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1945136189511450635) 2025-07-15 14:59:41 UTC 24.4K followers, 146.1K engagements "I bet Powell's super pumped given his criminal referral and all"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947385453843259902) 2025-07-21 19:57:27 UTC 24.4K followers, 8448 engagements "Market Makers don't manipulate price we're trapped by our own hedging requirements. When SPX drifts between long and short strikes our systems start buying and selling futures in ways that create predictable paths. (short thread)"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1923769478694732192) 2025-05-17 15:56:00 UTC 24.4K followers, 306.1K engagements "*REP. LUNA REFERRS POWELL TO DOJ FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES: FOX NEWS"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947328814977048804) 2025-07-21 16:12:23 UTC 24.4K followers, 5480 engagements "The only advice I will ever give is that I advise you to think for yourself and take whatever you need to into consideration If I have XX thousand followers then there are XX thousand different sets of circumstances- from account size and type to risk tolerance timeframe experience trading constraints etc. alternative is I just don't state my opinion ever or allude to it which is appealing too"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947327961566245266) 2025-07-21 16:09:00 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements "SPX NOV 5500 6500 BOX TRADES XXXXXX 7K THAT'S 28000 SPX OPTIONS NEARLY $XXX ZILLION NOTIONAL YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS RIGHT"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1946255095580008738) 2025-07-18 17:05:49 UTC 24.4K followers, 37.7K engagements "VIX EXPIRATION Remember last year Doesn't it feel familiar Overnight range probed lows but went vertical into PPI .what's next"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1945488828451438722) 2025-07-16 14:20:56 UTC 24.4K followers, 17.6K engagements "*TRUMP TAX LAW WILL ADD $3.4T TO DEFICITS OVER DECADE CBO SAYS we're really going to pretend to care about this all of a sudden"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947369621490708826) 2025-07-21 18:54:32 UTC 24.4K followers, 6388 engagements "I might not be in the majority here but I think REDUCING the pattern day trading rule threshold to $2000 actually benefits the average retail user net/net It seems completely ridiculous to bound someone to a holding period when a trade might represent a meaningful percentage of their account balance- I understand the intent but the right rule if you want to protect against degeneracy is to simply not allow options trading at all below certain account thresholds Once you limit the traders ability to manage (close adjust roll) existing positions you are without a doubt INCREASING their risk"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1947349779307991226) 2025-07-21 17:35:42 UTC 24.4K followers, 4081 engagements "If this is Summer of George and Summer of George was predictable how exactly did one make money"  [@VolSignals](/creator/x/VolSignals) on [X](/post/tweet/1946677833075478692) 2025-07-19 21:05:37 UTC 24.4K followers, 17.5K engagements
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"Great question and that's the corner of the macro/index space that made me shift gears and avoid shorting or selling upside in late June when McElligott at Nomura flagged it in his note. They placed it at 114bn to buy over the coming XX days- which would be exhausting this week. But I know GS has recently warned their models are triggering for significant inflows as well muddy water but yes it's a reason not to short here just yet"
@VolSignals on X 2025-07-21 18:34:36 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements
"CTA Update (per GS Trading Desk) Over X Week: Flat Tape: -$26.6bn to Sell (-$20.2bn to Sell in S&P) Up Tape: -$1bn to Sell Down Tape: -$62.5bn to Sell X Month: Flat Tape: -$34bn to Sell (-$25.3bn to Sell in S&P) Up Tape: $58.5bn to Buy Down Tape: -$195bn to Sell" @VolSignals on X 2023-03-05 18:38:18 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements
"@ot_see No matter where it lands That spread is worth $1000 at expiry So what does it mean" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-18 21:18:28 UTC 24.4K followers, 1213 engagements
"Welcome to OPEX Should you trust the rally Let's take a look (1/n)" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-18 12:18:43 UTC 24.4K followers, 26.2K engagements
"ES Nov 7100 7200 CS customer buying for $5.00" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-21 13:32:09 UTC 24.4K followers, 13.6K engagements
"@smolprimist the funny part is so many of the SPX trades actually don't have much directional meaning at all they are vol surface plays margin hedging cross-asset arbs structural hedges etc. etc. and then when a real directional bet shows up these guys don't even catch it 🤣" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-12 22:30:57 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements
"There's no generative magnetism from a strike that has X Delta. That giant bar up top at $6350 Not relevant down here at $6300. If we squeezed above 6325 overnight. TOTALLY different story. and how about that inventory on the bottom right which date is that from" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-18 12:18:49 UTC 24.4K followers, 3496 engagements
"@rccfcc12 @dampedspring @lord_fed Imagine not hedging at the ATH in front of a tariff deadline" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-21 15:54:07 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements
"AM rolls off at 9:30 AM and has not been traded since yesterday's close. Does it matter for today's price action Answer: "in a way yes" This is the PM-expiring positioning today- aka "ODTE" These options are subject to change but note the massive clusters of dealer longs" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-18 12:18:48 UTC 24.4K followers, 3737 engagements
"No Sunday spaces tonight Service not great here" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-20 22:34:20 UTC 24.4K followers, 9935 engagements
"WHY IT MATTERS JEPI alone is short tens of thousands of calls expiring within XX days. This may not make the OptionsDepth profile but it's REAL GAMMA. .and like most risks it's eventually recycled into the public markets. (WE ARE STUCK IN JEPI MUD RIGHT NOW) (4/4)" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-22 18:49:48 UTC 24.4K followers, 6364 engagements
"@PrinterSanti @doc_mcgraw We dont want naive construction. We want to know that the hedging influences we intend to factor into our market analysis are actually present. This requires correct positioning data. We need much more accuracy than inference alone provides" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-19 20:17:06 UTC 24.4K followers, 1108 engagements
"Since most casual observers here aren't in a position to understand any of these trade prints I will help. In order top to bottom: 1) Aug 6350 Calls marked BUY 177x Whether bought or sold it was a trade where two dealers faced each other. Net a wash (no meaning or influence on the profile) 2) July 6235 Calls marked BUY 248x Correct 3) Sep 6290 Calls marked BUY 173x Correct direction but completely meaningless in terms of customer interest. This is one half of a combo trade which is when the bank bringing the trade to the floor for execution includes the hedge as a synthetic (long Call vs" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-07 17:31:30 UTC 24.4K followers, 70.1K engagements
"If you're not hedging or shorting here good luck" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-15 14:59:41 UTC 24.4K followers, 146.1K engagements
"I bet Powell's super pumped given his criminal referral and all" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-21 19:57:27 UTC 24.4K followers, 8448 engagements
"Market Makers don't manipulate price we're trapped by our own hedging requirements. When SPX drifts between long and short strikes our systems start buying and selling futures in ways that create predictable paths. (short thread)" @VolSignals on X 2025-05-17 15:56:00 UTC 24.4K followers, 306.1K engagements
"*REP. LUNA REFERRS POWELL TO DOJ FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES: FOX NEWS" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-21 16:12:23 UTC 24.4K followers, 5480 engagements
"The only advice I will ever give is that I advise you to think for yourself and take whatever you need to into consideration If I have XX thousand followers then there are XX thousand different sets of circumstances- from account size and type to risk tolerance timeframe experience trading constraints etc. alternative is I just don't state my opinion ever or allude to it which is appealing too" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-21 16:09:00 UTC 24.4K followers, XXX engagements
"SPX NOV 5500 6500 BOX TRADES XXXXXX 7K THAT'S 28000 SPX OPTIONS NEARLY $XXX ZILLION NOTIONAL YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS RIGHT" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-18 17:05:49 UTC 24.4K followers, 37.7K engagements
"VIX EXPIRATION Remember last year Doesn't it feel familiar Overnight range probed lows but went vertical into PPI .what's next" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-16 14:20:56 UTC 24.4K followers, 17.6K engagements
"*TRUMP TAX LAW WILL ADD $3.4T TO DEFICITS OVER DECADE CBO SAYS we're really going to pretend to care about this all of a sudden" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-21 18:54:32 UTC 24.4K followers, 6388 engagements
"I might not be in the majority here but I think REDUCING the pattern day trading rule threshold to $2000 actually benefits the average retail user net/net It seems completely ridiculous to bound someone to a holding period when a trade might represent a meaningful percentage of their account balance- I understand the intent but the right rule if you want to protect against degeneracy is to simply not allow options trading at all below certain account thresholds Once you limit the traders ability to manage (close adjust roll) existing positions you are without a doubt INCREASING their risk" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-21 17:35:42 UTC 24.4K followers, 4081 engagements
"If this is Summer of George and Summer of George was predictable how exactly did one make money" @VolSignals on X 2025-07-19 21:05:37 UTC 24.4K followers, 17.5K engagements