Equity options trading insights

To provide insights to options traders, we produce a series of articles exploring trades of interest and recent market trends.

ASX have partnered with Dr Russell Rhoads who is an Associate Clinical Professor of Finance at Indiana University. Previously he held various positions with buy side firms and was Director of Education at the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

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7 April 2025

Bullish and bearish trades as the S&P/ASX200 is at an inflection point

Equity markets around the world have had a challenging time gaining positive traction during the first quarter of 2025.

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8 August 2024

Directional outlooks traded using neutral spreads for index options

Neutral spreads like the iron condor or iron butterfly are two trading strategies that we’ve observed for index options.

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8 July 2024

Bullish, Bearish, and Neutral S&P/ASX 200 Option Trades Highlight

Presenting a variety of trades demonstrating bullish, bearish and neutral S&P/ASX 200 options activity.

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4 June 2024

At-the-money or out-of-the-money index options

An analysis on what's better, ATM or OTM, when selling index options.

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2 April 2024

Five all-time highs in 2024 for S&P/ASX 200 index

We observed market data from the past couple of weeks to price a number of hedges that may be appropriate protection for peace of mind.

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6 March 2024

S&P/ASX200 June/Dec call calendar spread breakdown with a neutral view

Trading observations of a neutral calendar spread using June and December call options executed in early February 2024.

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5 February 2024

Option trading strategies for bears, bulls and butterflies

During January, we looked at options trades of interest through the lens of the outlook for 2024.

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2 November 2023

Trends and observations in Australian equity markets - second half 2023

Continued pressure on equity markets and recent periods of elevated volatility. Investors frequently used the options market to gain or hedge exposure to these fluctuations.