
The OPEX Effect
The OPEX Effect is a joint podcast from Excess Returns and SpotGamma where we take a deep dive into the world of options and the flows they generate in markets. Join Brent Kochuba and Jack Forehand every month on Options Expiration week as they look at the major developments in the options world and how they impact all of our portfolios.
Latest Episode
Low Volatility Is Lying to You | What the Options Market Says About What Comes Next (09.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- All-Time Highs. Record Complacency | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 14.07.2025
- A Rally Built on Fragile Ground | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 15.06.2025
- The Rally No One Trusts | What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 10.05.2025
- An Unprecedented Lack of Liquidity: What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 19.04.2025
- One of the Fastest Corrections in History: What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 15.03.2025
- Danger in Market Calm? What the Options Market Tells Us About What Comes Next 20.02.2025
- The Two Sides of Volatility | Inside the January Options Expiration 15.01.2025
- Tesla, MicroStrategy and An Inside Look at the Biggest Options Expiration in Market History 18.12.2024
- Tesla, Trump and the Return of Meme Mania | Inside the Flows Driving the Post Election Rally 13.11.2024
- Calm Before the Storm or Fuel for a Rally? | Inside Options Flows Heading into the Election 16.10.2024
- What Regular Investors Need to Know About Options Flows | Brent Kochuba 18.09.2024
- Behind the Scenes of the Recent Market Volatility | The OPEX Effect Ep. 11 13.08.2024
- The OPEX Effect: July 2024 | Inside What is Driving This Weird Market 16.07.2024
- The OPEX Effect: June 2024 | GameStop Retrospective, Call Imbalance and Massive NVDA Interest 18.06.2024
- The Kitty is Roaring Again - Volatility Is Not | The OPEX Effect: May 2024 14.05.2024
- The Return of Volatility 16.04.2024
- The Nvidia Conundrum | The OPEX Effect | March 2024 12.03.2024
- The OPEX Effect | February 2024 | Helping Long-Term Investors Understand Options Flows 13.02.2024
- Inside the January Options Expiration 17.01.2024
- The OPEX Effect: December Expiration | S&P 500 Update, Small-Cap Surge, JP Morgan Collar 12.12.2023