US OptionsDetailed Quotes
IEF240816C96500
- 0.55
- -0.30-35.29%
15min DelayClose Aug 16 16:00 ET
0.59High0.55Low
0.59Open0.85Pre Close23 Volume616 Open Interest96.50Strike Price1.35KTurnover0.00%IV-0.02%PremiumAug 16, 2024Expiry Date0.57Intrinsic Value100Multiplier-2DDays to Expiry0.00Extrinsic Value100Contract SizeAmericanOptions Type--Delta--Gamma176.49Leverage Ratio--Theta--Rho--Eff Leverage--Vega
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Discussion
$iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF.US)$ $Cboe/CBOT 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Volatility Index Settlement Price (.VXTYS.US)$ $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ $Bank of America (BAC.US)$
After the first debate, traders bought short-term bonds and sold long-term bonds. This week, the yield curve steepened by about 13 basis points, the largest two-day move since last October.
$Donald Trump (BK22962)$ $Trump Media & Technology (DJT.US)$ $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ $iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF.US)$ $Bank of America (BAC.US)$ $Crude Oil Futures(OCT4) (CLmain.US)$
$TFC 240719 37.50C$
Unusual 10,000 Buyer @.46
$IEF 240621 93.00C$
Unusual 35,000 Buyer @1.16
$LQD 240920 112.00C$
Unusual 15,000 Buyer @.40
Over the past few weeks there have been huge call buyers on LQD. I don't know enough about it to personally take a trade, however it could be a good play, but I will need more r...
I hope you are all enjoying your day in markets. I might not get around to too many articles this week, however today I want to quickly take a look at the Options Screener's performance from the few posts I have made and see if it has been performing worse than expected, better than expected, or neutral.
The original idea is to use the Options Screener to filter for unusual Options Buying activity with the thought that someone always knows something. ...
With rising inflation and potential increases in bond yields, I think bond funds, rather than US Treasuries, can provide greater flexibility and diversity to mitigate market uncertainties. While US Treasuries are secure government bonds, their fixed interest rates leave them exposed to inflation, so US Treasuries may provide lower yields. On the other hand, bond funds pool investors' funds to create a diverse bond portfolio. B...
When central banks embark on an easing cyc...
Tech has been killing it in the market this year, thanks to the artificial intelligence boom. The tech sector has lifted the entire market while other sectors have greatly underperformed.
Occasionally, an overheated sector will begin to cool off as investors rotate their capital into underperforming sectors in expectation of a broadening rally or a change in the economy.
Even the NASDAQ announced a special rebalancing later this month, ...
If you want guaranteed returns on a low risk investment, then look towards fixed income investing. US treasuries are some of the least risky investments in the fixed income space.
$Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND.US)$ $iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMB.US)$ $Short-Treasury Bond Ishares (SHV.US)$ $SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (BIL.US)$ $iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY.US)$ $iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI.US)$ $iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF.US)$ $Ishares Trust 10-20 Year Treasury Bd Etf (TLH.US)$ $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT.US)$
...
However currencies are not the only ones affected. Bonds are sensitive to interest rate changes too, especially the longer dated ones.
In fact, bonds suffered the biggest losses in decades.
Let's see the damages year-to-date using bond ETFs (duration close to 10y) as a proxy,
- iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF, in ...
International equity ETFs and U.S. fixed income ETFs also saw demand, gathering $4.9 billion and $3.6 billion ofnew money, respectively.
In terms of individual ETFs, the top asset gatherers for June were b...
No comment yet