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Options Market Buying Bearish Protection Ahead Of Big FOMC Decision

Options traders on Tuesday are bracing for a key Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decision tomor

Options Market Buying Bearish Protection Ahead Of Big FOMC Decision

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This means while the majority of the options traded are bearish,&nbsp;traders are buying up short-dated protection in case of an unfavorable release out of the Fed tomorrow.\nWhy It Matters:If options traders have been buying downside protection all week (long puts), but a large portion of those&nbsp;options&nbsp;are short-dated, then when all of these options expire by the end of the week, this&nbsp;could potentially relieve some of the downside pressure as the put options are taken off the board.\nIt is also important to note the SPY ETF has about&nbsp;6.7 million calls&nbsp;and&nbsp;12.9 million puts&nbsp;prior to today, so&nbsp;two out of every three&nbsp;options&nbsp;has been bearish, yet more than&nbsp;30% of that is expiring Friday.\nThis further leads to the thesis of options traders having long puts but with&nbsp;a material amount of options expiring on Friday.\nWhat's Next:Options traders should expect volatility to increase drastically after the FOMC tomorrow and the Dec. 17 expiry as a large portion of options will clear off the board and remove the short-term flows driving the market as of late.\nIf the FOMC has muted concerns over inflation and is not looking to increase its tapering operations, traders could take this as a constructive sign, which could provide a tailwind for equities to rally through the end of the year. 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The key themes on traders' minds are any new input about inflation concerns from the Fed, along with any potential adjustment in monetary policy.\n\nWhat Happened:This week the SPY S&P 500 ETF Trust is down more than 2% with option traders buying put protection all week, bringing downward pressure on the major index.\nTuesday's option flows alone have printed over 3.59 million options with approximately 1.53 million calls and 2.05 million puts (image below).\n\nLooking at the option flows, about 58% of all the options traded are puts, which shows a bearish bias. On top of this, more than 400,000 of the options traded today are short-dated. This means while the majority of the options traded are bearish, traders are buying up short-dated protection in case of an unfavorable release out of the Fed tomorrow.\nWhy It Matters:If options traders have been buying downside protection all week (long puts), but a large portion of those options are short-dated, then when all of these options expire by the end of the week, this could potentially relieve some of the downside pressure as the put options are taken off the board.\nIt is also important to note the SPY ETF has about 6.7 million calls and 12.9 million puts prior to today, so two out of every three options has been bearish, yet more than 30% of that is expiring Friday.\nThis further leads to the thesis of options traders having long puts but with a material amount of options expiring on Friday.\nWhat's Next:Options traders should expect volatility to increase drastically after the FOMC tomorrow and the Dec. 17 expiry as a large portion of options will clear off the board and remove the short-term flows driving the market as of late.\nIf the FOMC has muted concerns over inflation and is not looking to increase its tapering operations, traders could take this as a constructive sign, which could provide a tailwind for equities to rally through the end of the year. 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