{"id":12120,"date":"2025-03-06T03:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connectwithfund.com\/?p=12120"},"modified":"2025-03-06T03:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:50:42","slug":"options-traders-are-bracing-for-a-stock-market-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connectwithfund.com\/?p=12120","title":{"rendered":"Options traders are bracing for a stock-market crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"last\">Last Updated: <time datetime=\"2025-03-03T22:24:00.000Z\">March 3, 2025 at 5:24\u202fp.m. ET<\/time><\/span><br \/><span class=\"first\">First <!-- -->Published: <time datetime=\"2025-03-03T17:50:00.000Z\">March 3, 2025 at 12:50\u202fp.m. ET<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1erd2mv-StyledNewsKitParagraph\"><![CDATA[.css-1erd2mv-StyledNewsKitParagraph{word-break:break-word;font-size:calc((16 \/ var(--article-base-font-size)) * var(--article-text-size-scale) * 1rem);}]]><\/style>\n<style 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Options traders are bracing for a looming stock-market crash, the latest data from Cboe Global Markets shows. A dispatch from Cboe Global Markets\u2019 Mandy Xu, shared with MarketWatch on Monday, revealed that demand for deep out-of-the-money call options tied to the Cboe Volatility Index VIX \u2014 otherwise known as the VIX, or Wall Street\u2019s \u201dfear gauge\u201d \u2014 surged last week. 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