Managing Volatile Markets with 0DTE

Event driven risk can come in all different shapes and sizes. Zero days to expiration options (0DTE) are designed to monetize high impact intraday events but it is important to understand the benefits and risks. Different 0DTE strategies can be utilized based on the type and time of a particular catalyst. Learn how to trade around economic releases, earnings releases, FOMC meetings and even surprise events and how to avoid time decay during periods of high expected volatility.

Speaker:
Ed Tom
Senior Director, Derivatives Market Intelligence

Ed Tom is Senior Director, Derivatives Market Intelligence at Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network. Based in New York, Tom is responsible for analyzing derivative market themes and providing clients around the globe with market expertise and world-class resources. In this role, Tom amplifies Cboe’s purpose of building trusted markets by providing comprehensive insights into Cboe’s market data and product suite.

Tom has more than 30 years of industry experience, previously serving as a portfolio manager of convexity strategies at Ellington Management, helping clients mitigate risk in their portfolios. Prior to that role, Tom was Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Derivatives and Quantitative Trading Strategy at Credit Suisse where he and his team were responsible for the development of equity derivatives and algorithmic trading research for hedge funds and institutions.

Additionally, Ed’s market insights have been published in numerous financial journals throughout his career. Ed holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Management Information Systems from Binghamton University and a Master of Arts in Economics from New York University. He is also an adjunct professor for the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering program at Cornell University.