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Reuters
3 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
HEDGE FLOW Hedge fund investors want managers who trade macro, says SocGen survey
LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) - Hedge funds that trade on big macroeconomic market swings have become a top pick for investors, according to a Societe Generale ( opens new tab survey of 322 firms, against a backdrop of global markets roiled by tariff uncertainty and stop-start trade wars. Half of the respondents polled said they would consider putting their money into discretionary global macro hedge funds in the next 12 months, the SocGen survey conducted between November 2024 and May 15 showed. The private survey was sent to investors on Wednesday and was seen by Reuters on Friday. The number of respondents expressing interest in putting money into macro hedge funds rose by around 9% compared with the bank's last survey in autumn 2024, the report said. According to hedge fund research firm PivotalPath, global discretionary macro managers, not using systematic trading to come up with trade ideas, posted a return of around 7% on investment through April in 2025, compared with a flat performance by the wider universe of hedge funds. Investor interest in equity market-neutral funds also grew roughly 10% since SocGen's autumn survey, the report showed. These hedge funds trade a balance of stocks, trying to maintain a portfolio which neither positions them long nor short stock markets as a whole. A short bet expects an asset value to decline. While global macro hedge funds taking discretionary bets often top this survey, the investors queried by SocGen expressed their highest enthusiasm for the strategy in two years, the bank data showed. Crypto hedge funds garnered the least intent to invest from those surveyed, with just 6% of investors wishing to allocate to the strategy, the lowest proportion in two years. Interest in multi-strategy hedge funds ticked up, with roughly around a third of investors surveyed interested in systematic and fundamental multi-strategy funds, up 5% and 4% respectively since the same time last year. Multi-strategy hedge funds trade many different kinds of markets under one brand.
Bloomberg
23-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Jane Street Earns $2.3 Billion Riding India Options Trading Wave
Jane Street Group LLC generated more than $2.3 billion in net revenue from equity derivatives last year in India, where its lucrative trading strategies have sparked a probe by regulators. The trading haul was a sharp surge from 2023, underscoring the country's growing importance to the firm's global expansion, according to people familiar with the matter. India accounted for more than a 10th of the New York-based giant's record $20.5 billion in net trading revenue last year, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private.
Associated Press
07-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Zero-Day Options Priced Appropriately Despite Market Volatility: Insights From Cboe Webinar With Benzinga
By Meg Flippin Benzinga ZINGER KEY POINTS: Market volatility is at COVID-19 levels, but zero days to expiration option trades take it in stride. DETROIT, MICHIGAN - May 7, 2025 ( NEWMEDIAWIRE ) - Despite recent increased market volatility, zero days to expiration, or 0DTE options, tend to price appropriately for the current market conditions. During a Benzinga webinar, Henry Schwartz, Vice President, Derivatives Market Intelligence at Cboe, talked about the volatile market environment and trading 0DTE options. 'The options market is a pretty efficient marketplace, things are generally priced right. You have days when you would rather be buyers and days when you would rather be sellers, but overall it's pretty consistent,' Schwartz says. 'This year is definitely an outlier. There's pretty extreme volatility and different behavior than we've seen in a long time.' Zero Day Trading Strategies When it comes to 0DTE options, Schwartz says there are two primary types of strategies: option buying or those tactical trades betting on the direction of the market for the day or trading the spread. Either way, Schwartz says people should pick the trade that matches their style. Some traders, for instance, may wait until after 10:00 a.m., when the markets tend to calm down a bit, while other traders may want to pull the trigger during more active times. Have A Plan When Engaging in Zero-Day Trades Before executing a 0DTE options trade, Schwartz recommends asking yourself the following: What's your goal? Are you trying to make a little money in exchange for a little risk or are you trying to pull off a larger payout trade? What is your profit target? What is your risk tolerance? How much of your portfolio are you putting in your trade? Once you come up with your trading plan, consistency is the key to success with ODTE options trades. Benefits Of Trading 0DTE Options 0DTE options provide numerous benefits for traders, including high liquidity and potentially lower premiums. Plus, with 0DTE options available every trading day, there is more flexibility to take advantage of short-term price movements and react to current events. Options are a time-tested and highly-regulated investment tool that have been traded on registered and regulated exchanges for decades. At the same time, every financial investment comes with a risk. Understanding potential profit and loss is crucial to anyone involved in the financial space. 'You can't always assume everything will go perfectly,' says Schwartz. 'COVID was a great example of the markets doing really bizarre things. Don't impose 'this doesn't make sense' on the markets, it will just sting you.' Ultimately this seminar, which also laid out popular 0DTE option strategies and tools traders can leverage, underscored that having a plan and being consistent are the keys to success. Featured image by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash . This post contains sponsored content. This content is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be investing advice. This content was originally published on Benzinga. Read further disclosures here.
