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Business Wire
17-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
OptionMetrics Exhibiting at Commodity Trading Week Americas
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OptionMetrics, the leading historical options data and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, will be exhibiting at Commodity Trading Week Americas, Stamford, June 17-18. OptionMetrics representatives will meet with commodities traders, risk managers, and others on leveraging options and futures data in assessing financial strategies and risk across the global commodities trading landscape. 'Shorter-dated, more flexible products, greater access to global exchanges and diversified participation have led to explosive growth in commodities and futures options trading volumes. With Commodity Trading Week Americas drawing some of the most active commodity traders and investment funds worldwide, we look forward to meeting with them about the informative nature of historical options data in assessing strategies with geopolitical events, shorter-dated trades, hedging, and more,' says Eran Steinberg, COO and Chief of Staff. OptionMetrics, known for providing the gold standard in historical options data for the past 25+ years, will showcase IvyDB Futures, its futures options price data and volatility surface calculations for US and European markets. IvyDB Futures covers 100+ of the most liquid optionable futures from CME, ICE, and Eurex global exchanges across eight sectors, including agriculture, energy, equity, interest rates, crypto, and more, with the earliest historical data beginning in January 2005. The data includes daily option pricing information (symbol, date, settlement price, volume, and open interest) and settlement prices for underlying futures. OptionMetrics will also demonstrate its: US historical options data, IvyDB US, and international options datasets, IvyDB Europe, IvyDB Canada, IvyDB Asia, and IvyDB ETF. Intraday data on options trading volume, for insights into options market order flows, participant activity, and directional trading strategies, with IvyDB Signed Volume. Option implied betas and correlations for constituents of the SPY for a timely market adjusted view of systematic risk, with IvyDB Beta. Forward-looking dividend projections for US securities based on options market data, with IvyDB Implied Dividend, which can also be used with Woodseer Dividend Forecast Data for greater insights in trading, back-testing strategies, risk management, and anticipating portfolio income. Email William Ko to set up an appointment with OptionMetrics.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
American Marketing Association San Diego Recognizes Clearpoint Agency with 2025 Sandie Award in Public Relations
Awards program honors the highest quality marketing and public relations campaigns and projects produced by, or for, San Diego County entities SAN DIEGO, June 11, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Marketing Association (AMA) San Diego Chapter awarded Clearpoint Agency with a Silver Sandie Award in Public Relations for its 2024 public relations and earned media campaign for OptionMetrics, an options data and analytics provider in New York City. The 2025 Sandie Awards, or "Sandies," recognize the best marketing campaigns and projects created in 2024 by, or for, an agency, consultancy, corporation, educational institution, or nonprofit in San Diego County. The Sandies is highly competitive and received 151 entries from 55 companies this year alone. Other winners in the public relations category along with Clearpoint included San Diego Foundation, San Diego Fair, San Diego Tourism Authority/Intesa Communications, InnoVision Marketing, and Father Joe's/Mixte Communications. Clearpoint was recognized for its earned media campaign for OptionMetrics in the U.S. and Europe. The firm landed high-level editorial coverage in outlets like Reuters, CNBC, MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, and NASDAQ, and expanded coverage internationally for OptionMetrics in European news outlets and trades such as Financial Times, Waters magazine, Wilmott, RISK, and others. In 2024 alone, Clearpoint obtained 400+ earned media placements across outlets and placed 11 thought leadership articles for OptionMetrics, which helped to increase direct traffic to the company's website, enhance thought leadership, and drive new business leads. OptionMetrics also saw an increase in users across U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Netherlands, and the U.S. OptionMetrics Chief Operating Officer Eran Steinberg says, "Clearpoint has continuously delivered results year after year for OptionMetrics. The team there is not only strategic and driven, but also professional and fun, and has consistently secured earned media for us in top news outlets such as Reuters, Barrons, WSJ, and CNBC, among others. The Clearpoint team does incredible work and is a pleasure to work with; we congratulate them on this well-deserved recognition." Clearpoint Agency Vice President Hilary McCarthy says, "We love working with clients like OptionMetrics who inspire us to do our best work and land significant earned media that tells stories, drives credibility, and engages audiences. We've worked with OptionMetrics for seven years and the team is a pleasure to work with. It's an honor to be recognized with a Sandie Award for the work we do with them. Congratulations to our fellow finalists and to all the winning teams." The Sandies judges included AMA members in markets outside of San Diego that have no affiliation to the nominated organization, agency, campaign, or projects. About American Marketing Association San Diego AMA San Diego is a 501(c)3 organization comprised of marketers at all career stages, from senior level to students, dedicated to advancing the art of marketing and creating unique growth and learning opportunities for marketers. AMA Diego provides education, networking, information, resources, and valuable connections in a fun and approachable environment where personal development goals can be achieved. Visit About OptionMetrics With 25 years as the premier provider of historical options and implied volatility data, OptionMetrics distributes its options, futures, beta, and dividend forecast databases to leading portfolio managers, traders, quantitative researchers at 350+ corporate and academic institutions worldwide to construct and test investment strategies, perform empirical research, and assess risk. LinkedIn, Twitter. About Clearpoint Agency Clearpoint is a team of award-winning PR practitioners, marketing strategists, business consultants, writers, and creatives who get to the point, find solutions, and drive results. By leveraging its expertise in creating objective-driven PR and marcomm strategies, Clearpoint builds brand awareness, facilitates introductions, drives traffic, educates audiences, and helps to grow organizations across industries including technology, financial services, life sciences, healthcare, real estate, associations, non-profits, and consumer products. Learn more: View source version on Contacts Media Contact: Hilary McCarthyClearpoint Agency, 774-364-1440
Business Wire
11-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
American Marketing Association San Diego Recognizes Clearpoint Agency with 2025 Sandie Award in Public Relations
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Marketing Association (AMA) San Diego Chapter awarded Clearpoint Agency with a Silver Sandie Award in Public Relations for its 2024 public relations and earned media campaign for OptionMetrics, an options data and analytics provider in New York City. The 2025 Sandie Awards, or 'Sandies,' recognize the best marketing campaigns and projects created in 2024 by, or for, an agency, consultancy, corporation, educational institution, or nonprofit in San Diego County. "Clearpoint delivers results year after year... The team does incredible work, and we congratulate them on this well-deserved recognition." — Eran Steinberg, COO, OptionMetrics Share The Sandies is highly competitive and received 151 entries from 55 companies this year alone. Other winners in the public relations category along with Clearpoint included San Diego Foundation, San Diego Fair, San Diego Tourism Authority/Intesa Communications, InnoVision Marketing, and Father Joe's/Mixte Communications. Clearpoint was recognized for its earned media campaign for OptionMetrics in the U.S. and Europe. The firm landed high-level editorial coverage in outlets like Reuters, CNBC, MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, and NASDAQ, and expanded coverage internationally for OptionMetrics in European news outlets and trades such as Financial Times, Waters magazine, Wilmott, RISK, and others. In 2024 alone, Clearpoint obtained 400+ earned media placements across outlets and placed 11 thought leadership articles for OptionMetrics, which helped to increase direct traffic to the company's website, enhance thought leadership, and drive new business leads. OptionMetrics also saw an increase in users across U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Netherlands, and the U.S. OptionMetrics Chief Operating Officer Eran Steinberg says, 'Clearpoint has continuously delivered results year after year for OptionMetrics. The team there is not only strategic and driven, but also professional and fun, and has consistently secured earned media for us in top news outlets such as Reuters, Barrons, WSJ, and CNBC, among others. The Clearpoint team does incredible work and is a pleasure to work with; we congratulate them on this well-deserved recognition.' Clearpoint Agency Vice President Hilary McCarthy says, 'We love working with clients like OptionMetrics who inspire us to do our best work and land significant earned media that tells stories, drives credibility, and engages audiences. We've worked with OptionMetrics for seven years and the team is a pleasure to work with. It's an honor to be recognized with a Sandie Award for the work we do with them. Congratulations to our fellow finalists and to all the winning teams.' The Sandies judges included AMA members in markets outside of San Diego that have no affiliation to the nominated organization, agency, campaign, or projects. About American Marketing Association San Diego AMA San Diego is a 501(c)3 organization comprised of marketers at all career stages, from senior level to students, dedicated to advancing the art of marketing and creating unique growth and learning opportunities for marketers. AMA Diego provides education, networking, information, resources, and valuable connections in a fun and approachable environment where personal development goals can be achieved. Visit About OptionMetrics With 25 years as the premier provider of historical options and implied volatility data, OptionMetrics distributes its options, futures, beta, and dividend forecast databases to leading portfolio managers, traders, quantitative researchers at 350+ corporate and academic institutions worldwide to construct and test investment strategies, perform empirical research, and assess risk. LinkedIn, Twitter. About Clearpoint Agency Clearpoint is a team of award-winning PR practitioners, marketing strategists, business consultants, writers, and creatives who get to the point, find solutions, and drive results. By leveraging its expertise in creating objective-driven PR and marcomm strategies, Clearpoint builds brand awareness, facilitates introductions, drives traffic, educates audiences, and helps to grow organizations across industries including technology, financial services, life sciences, healthcare, real estate, associations, non-profits, and consumer products. Learn more:
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tariffs, turmoil, and the VIX: How April 2025 compares to past crises?
-- The surge in market volatility during April's tariff-driven panic may have felt extreme, but according to OptionMetrics, it pales in comparison to previous financial crises, at least by the numbers. 'The VIX exploded to a high of 60.13 on April 7th,' OptionMetrics analyst Brett Friedman wrote, 'a level not seen since the pandemic or the 2008 financial crisis.' Yet when measured against past crises, the 2025 tariff panic proved less severe. The firm notes that the VIX peaked at 80.16 during the 2008 crisis and 82.69 during the 2020 pandemic. What made April stand out was speed, according to OptionMetrics. 'It took only five days for the VIX to peak, and another 14 days to revert to the level from which it started,' Friedman noted. That rapid rise and fall may have amplified investor perceptions of severity. Still, other volatility indicators are said to suggest a more muted event. The volatility risk premium was said to be below 2020. Similarly, VIX futures backwardation and implied correlation were less pronounced than in prior crises. But while market volatility normalized quickly, underlying uncertainty has not. 'Since 1985, the EPU index is the highest it has ever been, and by a significant margin,' OptionMetrics found. Using one measure based solely on news coverage, current levels even exceed those seen during World War II and the Great Depression, according to the firm. 'Although the VIX has returned to more 'normal' levels,' Friedman warned, 'this suggests that VIX spikes related to economic policy surprises and general uncertainty are still very possible.' Related articles Tariffs, turmoil, and the VIX: How April 2025 compares to past crises? Jefferies upgrades Rollins on sales hiring surge, sees growth ahead Goldman Sachs now has a more neutral view on the rail sector
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
This zero-day options craze could finally be coming to popular stocks like Nvidia and Tesla. Here's what to know.
Any option due to expire at the end of a session is considered a 0DTE contract. Technically, every option becomes a 0DTE on the last day of its life. 'They're not pure 0DTEs in the sense that they're not listed every day, but it's getting pretty close,' Garrett DeSimone, head of quantitative research at OptionMetrics, told MarketWatch. Although a Nasdaq executive declined to comment on the exchange's plans, traders and industry experts who spoke with MarketWatch said that, if all goes well, contracts expiring on Tuesdays and Thursdays could soon follow. Currently, options tied to individual common stocks only expire on Fridays, while contracts tied to some stock-market indexes and highly liquid ETFs have more frequent expirations. 'It's probably been a long time in the making,' Scott Bauer, CEO of Prosper Trading Academy and a former floor trader on a major options exchange, told MarketWatch. In a filing published late last week, Nasdaq Inc. officially asked the Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to expand offerings of option contracts tied to a handful of individual stocks. If the SEC signs off, the exchange would be allowed to list options tied to a select group of stocks that expire on Mondays and Wednesdays, giving traders two more opportunities per week to trade option contracts on the edge of expiration. But after a long wait, they could soon be coming for popular stocks such as Nvidia Corp. NVDA and Tesla Inc. TSLA During the trading week, investors have been limited to trading 0DTE contracts tied to stock-market indexes like the S&P 500 and a handful of popular ETFs, including the Invesco QQQ Trust. A surge in trading of so-called 'zero days to expiry' — or '0DTE' — options has contributed to an options-market boom over the past few years, drawing in both sophisticated investors and amateur speculators. Story Continues Traders who spoke with MarketWatch have said the appeal of these contracts lies in the small chance of an outsize gain. If the market pushes them into the money before they expire, it could lead to a large windfall for a trader who had bought them minutes or hours earlier. Back in 2022, popular exchange operators like Cboe Global Markets expanded offerings tied to the S&P 500 and a few popular ETFs to allow traders to trade 0DTE contracts every day of the trading week. The change helped accelerate a boom in options trading that had begun shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic. The average daily trading volume in these extremely short-dated contracts has been climbing steadily since. 0DTE volumes in S&P 500 index options hit a record during the first quarter of 2025, according to Cboe data. A Cboe analyst estimated that roughly 50% to 60% of the average daily activity in S&P 500 0DTE contracts involves amateur individual investors, although the exact share is difficult to determine precisely. - CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS Their rise has coincided with a surge in activity across the broader U.S. equity-options market. According to the Options Clearing Corporation, the industry's main clearinghouse, more than 12 billion contracts changed hands in 2024, setting a record for the fifth year in a row. It appears another record could follow in 2025, with the industry already on track to top 14 billion contracts traded, according to Henry Schwartz, vice president of market intelligence at Cboe. - CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS 'We're working closely with everybody' The SEC has up to 240 days to approve or deny Nasdaq's request once the filing is published in the Federal Register, which had not yet happened as of Tuesday morning. A representative for the SEC didn't return a request for comment from MarketWatch. Once approved, these options could start trading within days. Nasdaq's decision to request the change was the culmination of a lengthy process by exchanges, brokerage platforms, market makers and other options-industry players. The goal was to figure out the best way to introduce more short-dated contracts tied to shares of individual stocks in a manner that would minimize risks for the industry and its customers. Ultimately, the exchange decided that Monday and Wednesday contracts wouldn't be listed on any day when the underlying company is due to report quarterly earnings. This should help to limit the chances that volatile swings in stocks after the closing bell could complicate trade settlements, a Nasdaq representative said. 'We're working closely with everybody to make sure we're doing this in a safe and responsible way,' said Greg Ferrari, a senior vice president at Nasdaq within the market platforms division. The changes proposed by Nasdaq would only allow Monday and Wednesday expirations for a handful of stocks and one additional ETF. As of January 2025, only contracts tied to Nvidia, Tesla, Apple Inc. AAPL, Microsoft Corp. MSFT, Broadcom Inc. AVGO, Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, Meta Platforms Inc. META and Inc. AMZN would be eligible for the Monday and Wednesday listings, along with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF XLF. 'Lottery tickets' Options-market activity has been trending toward shorter-dated contracts for years, said OptionMetrics' DeSimone. At the same time, the advent of free-to-trade electronic brokerages has helped inspire a new generation of amateur individual investors to try their hand at options trading. Making it easier to trade 0DTE tied to individual stocks could accelerate both of these trends, DeSimone said. While institutional players still dominate index options, individual traders are more active in the single-stock space, DeSimone said. DeSimone cautioned that anybody interested in trading these products should keep their risk profile in mind. Some in the industry have likened 0DTE contracts to 'lottery tickets' that offer a small chance of a large payout, and a high likelihood that the contract will expire worthless. JJ Kinahan, CEO of IG North America, parent of brokerage tastytrade, pushed back against this characterization, calling it hyperbolic. He said many investors trade 0DTE options as part of spread strategies involving more than one contract, allowing them to more precisely manage their risk. Nasdaq and others have said that 0DTEs can help large traders more tactically manage their risk. 'I think people are excited for the opportunity, but again I think we'll need to do some more education regarding exercise and assignment risk,' Kinahan said. 'We have to continue to educate as to what the risks of these are, especially after the close.' Most Read from MarketWatch
