Crazy Options Trader Risking Big Money

WOW!

As long as the index doesn’t drop more than 22 percent from its current level of 2,582 by that date, the bet will earn the trader roughly $175 million in premiums.

I can’t even imagine

Well, it’s not the last we’ve heard about this. Key date is a ways away, Dec 2020.

Another crazy quote:

For example, if the S&P 500 loses 34 percent of its value by Dec. 18, 2020, the trader will rack up a loss of about $558 million, according to a Refinitiv analysis.