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Know the volatility-driving events before the open — FOMC, CPI, jobs, triple-witching, quarter- and year-end — and how they shape our Credit Spread and Calendar Spread positioning. Educational, not financial advice.
No major scheduled events — standard 9:45 ET entry window in play.
Guidance is based on well-documented historical volatility patterns for these events. Not financial advice — for educational use.
US releases this week — watch high-impact rows (red) for IV and gap risk.
Mega-cap earnings (AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, AMZN, GOOGL, META) move the index — heavy reporting weeks raise SPX vol.
Consensus & actuals for key releases are summarized in the daily Pre-Market briefing.