Although JPM successfully hedged the lower leg collar trade, SPX still starts Q4 in a negative gamma environment below 4300. Here, put gamma still dominates the market with risks of sharp volatility changes (sharp volatility rally) continuing to haunt the market.
Although avoiding the government shutdown this time, investor optimism is short-term with bond market turbulence continuing to disrupt cash flows.
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