FOMC Day: Managing Risk Before Powell’s Speech

Liquidity traps, wild bid/ask spreads, and Powell's looming speech—today is no ordinary trading day! With implied volatility still sky-high, we ran our compression scan and found an intriguing setup in Surgery Partners (SGRY)—but the trade turned out to be a liquidity nightmare.

Plus, with the FOMC announcement and Powell’s press conference on deck, market-moving volatility is a huge risk for our option selling strategies.

In today’s newsletter, we break down why we’re staying sidelined, how to avoid liquidity pitfalls, and why now might be the perfect time to lock in some profits before the Fed shakes things up!

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