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Welcome to the Nasdaq Index Options Insights Hub, the go-to resource for retail investors seeking comprehensive education on index options. Access expert insights and strategies from Kevin Davitt, Nasdaq's Head of Index Options Content, through engaging articles, insightful interviews and informative webinars—designed to enhance understanding and proficiency in trading Nasdaq-100 Micro Index® Options (XND®).
Learn how to leverage XND® index options to mitigate risk, generate income and maximize exposure to some of today’s most innovative companies. Whether a beginner or an experienced trader, this page provides resources to navigate the dynamic world of index options.
How Index Options Signal Market Shifts: Insights from Nasdaq
Kevin unpacks the extreme call skew and lack of put demand driving the current melt-up, the parallels to the July/August 2024 volatility setup, and what narrow leadership and negative breadth could be signaling. He also walks through how the options market is pricing Broadcom's upcoming earnings (a ~9.5% implied move) and how traders can use options to structure asymmetric exposure in a market like this.
Why Didn’t the Home Builders Rally on Moon Base News?
In this IBKR Midweek Minute, Andrew Wilkinson speaks with Kevin Davitt, Head of Index Options Content at Nasdaq, about the relentless market rally, AI bubble comparisons, energy prices and investor sentiment. They also explore the surprising reaction to moon base headlines and why home builder stocks failed to participate in the broader market enthusiasm.
SPY May Have a Tax Problem, NDX Options Don’t
For decades the S&P 500 has been the benchmark. Kevin Davitt Head of Options Content from @nasdaq thinks that is about to change. The NASDAQ 100 is not just Nvidia and Tesla. It includes Walmart, Costco, Marriott, ADP, and a railroad company. It is broader than almost anyone realizes, and increasingly it is where passive dollars are flowing.
Dispersion, Correlation & the Calm Before the Storm
#Volatility is not a dirty word when you know how to use it... Kevin Davitt, Head of @Nasdaq Index Options Content, joins Dan Nathan & @GuyAdami on MRKT Call.
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Kevin Davitt is the Head of Nasdaq’s Index Options Content. Kevin spent years focused on options education with an index emphasis at Cboe Global Markets. Prior to his exchange work, Kevin traded index, equity, and commodity futures and options as a market maker at a variety of well-known firms. Davitt is a graduate of Marquette University. He’s a proud Evans Scholar alum and enjoys reading, live music, running and coaching youth baseball.
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