Trade Options Like Wall Street Professionals With These Two New Tools
- Marcus Nikos
- Apr 1, 2025
- 1 min read

Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff deadline (April 2) is looming, with big implications for traders. This wildcard event could tip sector flows, shift hedging activity, and force institutions to adjust, fast. Yet this market catalyst comes with its own set of risks and opportunities. The difference comes down to how well you can see a setup before it happens.
For those still trading based on valuation or headlines alone, that's like playing checkers on a chessboard. Successful traders have long known that there is much more behind market movements.
Just take a look at SPX, one of the most liquid market instruments in the world. What caused price to violently retract from intraday highs on March 19 and 20? And why did price suddenly become particularly stable on March 24 after a tumultuous prior two weeks? As our derivative expert friends from SpotGamma write, it’s clear that something else is behind this market — something we’ve been tracking for years: options flows.
So, as part of our ongoing partnership with SpotGamma, and ahead of SpotGamma's launch of their new and powerful tools - the Synthetic OI Lens and Compass Screener - both of which offer readers option-trading tools which until now were reserved only for Wall Street professionals, they present five options-driven trading insights to "weaponiz

