{"id":85082,"date":"2023-11-15T22:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/options-traders-are-piling-into-bullish-bets-on-small-cap-stocks-at-a-record-pace\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T22:39:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:39:06","slug":"options-traders-are-piling-into-bullish-bets-on-small-cap-stocks-at-a-record-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=85082","title":{"rendered":"Options traders are piling into bullish bets on small-cap stocks at a record pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article__body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0002733248\" role=\"document\">\n<p>Options traders piled into bullish bets on the Russell 2000 on Tuesday, after the October consumer-price-index report sent the battered small-cap index surging to its best day in more than a year. <\/p>\n<p>A team of options strategists at Goldman Sachs Group said that 1.44 million call options tied to an exchange-traded fund tracking the Russell 2000<br \/>\n        RUT<br \/>\n       changed hands as small caps rocketed higher and traders chased gains. <\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>Many are betting that the index could continue to chug higher as traders anticipate that the Federal Reserve could start cutting interest rates as soon as March, according to Gene Goldman, chief investment officer at Cetera Investment Management. <\/p>\n<p>This spurt of demand marked the highest daily turnover in small-cap call options ever recorded, according to data compiled by Goldman. <\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetMediaIllustration\n            inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<p>          <!-- eventually when we know what this card will be we can change it and leave this one --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Interest-rate futures markets are pricing in a modest likelihood that the Fed\u2019s first cut of this cycle could arrive at the central bank\u2019s March meeting, while many Wall Street economists, including a team at Goldman Sachs Group, see cuts beginning later in the year. <\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s spike in call buying marked the biggest surge in volume on call options tied to the small-cap index since early June, when the Russell 2000 briefly sprinted higher, only to see its gains quickly fizzle. <\/p>\n<p>Tuesday was a remarkable session for stocks, with the S&amp;P 500 seeing its biggest daily advance since April. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000\u2019s relative performance compared with the S&amp;P 500<br \/>\n        SPX<br \/>\n       was the strongest in more than three years. <\/p>\n<p>According to Dow Jones Market Data, the small-cap index outperformed the S&amp;P 500 by 3.54 percentage points, the most since March 19, 2020, when it outperformed by 6.35 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See:<\/strong> Russell 2000 outperforms S&amp;P 500 by the most since 2020<\/p>\n<p>The small-cap index is still trailing the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite<br \/>\n        COMP<br \/>\n       by a considerable margin year to date. The Russell 2000 is now up 2.3% year to date, compared with 17.3% for the S&amp;P 500 and 34.75% for the Nasdaq, FactSet data show. <\/p>\n<p>Technical analysts see signs of optimism in Tuesday\u2019s rally, as MarketWatch reported. <\/p>\n<p><strong>See:<\/strong> Violent small-cap rebound paints optimistic picture for long-suffering corner of the market, technicians say<\/p>\n<p>But one also noted that the index is approaching what could be a powerful resistance level: its 200-day moving average, which stands at 1,827 as of Wednesday\u2019s close. The Russell 2000 finished Wednesday at 1,801.22, after tacking on another 0.2% daily advance. <\/p>\n<p>October inflation data released Tuesday showed that core consumer prices, a category that excludes volatile food and energy prices, increased by just 0.2% last month, slower than the 0.3% rise economists had anticipated. The data helped cement expectations that the Fed likely finished raising interest rates back in July and could soon pivot to cutting borrowing costs sometime next year. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/options-traders-are-piling-into-bullish-bets-on-small-cap-stocks-at-a-record-pace-417e1126?mod=markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Options traders piled into bullish bets on the Russell 2000 on Tuesday, after the October consumer-price-index report sent the battered small-cap index surging to its best day in more than a year. A team of options strategists at Goldman Sachs Group said that 1.44 million call options tied to an exchange-traded fund tracking the Russell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-85082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-markets","tag-featured","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Options traders are piling into bullish bets on small-cap stocks at a record pace | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Options traders piled into bullish bets on the Russell 2000 on Tuesday, after the October consumer-price-index report sent the battered small-cap index\" \/>\n<meta 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