The Option Premium Weekly Newsletter

The free Sunday newsletter from The Option Premium. Market context, education, strategy breakdowns, and the probabilistic framework behind every trade idea. Delivered weekly at 6 PM EST.

Oct 11, 2026

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9 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - October 11, 2026

Breadth Rose for the First Time in Eight Weeks. Energy and Health Care Are Back on the Board. Two ETFs now pair rich premium with a trend, and half of the Liquid Ten pass the filter heading into earnings.

Oct 4, 2026

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7 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - October 4, 2026

A Weak Jobs Report Cooled the Fed. It Didn't Help Most Stocks.

Sep 27, 2026

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8 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - September 27, 2026

Bond yields hit a 19-year high. The VIX closed at 14.87. Only one ETF has both the premium and the trend to sell.

Sep 20, 2026

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10 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - September 20, 2026

A 12-0 vote, one more hike penciled in for this year, and a VIX that closed the week lower than it started. Both breadth measures are now below their lines. TLT joined the sell zone on schedule.

Sep 13, 2026

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14 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - September 13, 2026

Core CPI Ran Hot, Hike Odds Hit 90%, and Wednesday Brings the First Hike of the Warsh Era. Oracle's 65% Premium Crushed to 21 on Schedule. Energy Re-Entered the Sell Zone Rich and Trending. And Launch Is Just Over a Week Away.

Sep 6, 2026

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15 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - September 6, 2026

The revision erased July's print, hike odds hit 63%, and the sell zone is down to three names.

Aug 30, 2026

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15 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - August 30, 2026

NVIDIA Earned $96 Billion in a Quarter and Jumped 8.7%. Ten of Eleven Sectors Fell That Same Day. Then Twenty Minutes in Wyoming Put the September Hike Back On.

Aug 23, 2026

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17 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - August 23, 2026

First Down Week Since July. WMT Fell 10% Through Its Priced Move. GLD Crossed the Dual Filter at the 74th Percentile. NVDA's IV Rank: 25.5 to 37.0 in Five Sessions.

Aug 16, 2026

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13 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - August 16, 2026

September Hike Odds: 55% to 34%. The Sell Zone Replaced Three of Four Names. SPY IVR: 9.9%. The VIX's Own Options: 89th Percentile.

Aug 9, 2026

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15 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - August 9, 2026

The Argument Flipped in Five Sessions. Breadth Surged From 51.67 to 61.43. The Sell Zone Shrank to Four. The Buy Zone Swelled to Fourteen. The VIX Closed at 14.90, and the Pay Is Gone.

Jul 26, 2026

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16 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - July 26, 2026

8 ETFs Above 50% IVR. Energy IV Exploded 30 Points. Oil Up 10% on Red Sea Attacks. FOMC Wednesday. MSFT, META, AAPL, AMZN All Report Next Week.

Jul 19, 2026

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15 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - July 19, 2026

SMH Hit 100.00% IV Rank, the Maximum Possible Reading. Semis Fell 10% This Week. CPI Cooled to 3.5%. Energy Took the Leadership. 11 ETFs Above 50% IVR.

Jul 12, 2026

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13 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - July 12, 2026

8 ETFs Above 50% IVR. SMH at 87% While SPY Sits at 14%. Jobs Missed at +57K. Warsh Testifies This Week. Bank Earnings Begin.

Jul 5, 2026

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10 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - July 5, 2026

9 ETFs Above 50% IVR. XLF Collapsed 52 Points. Financials at Above 70 RS. Biotech at Above 70. Breadth at 2026 Highs.

Jun 28, 2026

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9 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - June 28, 2026

The Equal Weight S&P Hit an All-Time High. The Market-Weight S&P Dropped. That One Sentence Is the Whole Story.

Jun 21, 2026

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10 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - June 21, 2026

Three events in five days reshaped the market landscape.

Jun 14, 2026

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9 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - June 14, 2026

Core rose 0.2 percent. Here is why that mattered more, three days before Warsh's first FOMC.

Jun 7, 2026

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12 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - June 7, 2026

13 ETFs Above 50% IVR. The Richest Premium Environment Since March. SPY Crossed 35%. FOMC in 9 Days.

May 31, 2026

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12 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - May 31, 2026

9 ETFs Above 50% IVR. Energy IV Collapsed 22 Points. SMH Surged Back to 87%. Five Equity ETFs at Above 70 RS. The Broadest Overbought Reading Since the Rally Began.

May 24, 2026

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11 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - May 24, 2026

Nvidia Beat. The Stock Fell. The Dow Hit a Record. Eight Straight Winning Weeks. And Breadth Recovered.

May 17, 2026

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12 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - May 17, 2026

10 ETFs Above 50% IVR. SMH at 87.93%. QQQ Crossed 50%. $MMFI Fell Below 50. Nvidia in 3 Days.

May 10, 2026

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10 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - May 10, 2026

9 ETFs Above 50% IVR. 15 Pass the Dual Filter. QQQ Crossed 35%. SMH Back to 75%. Warsh Confirmation This Week.

May 3, 2026

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12 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - May 3, 2026

Nasdaq 25K. All Five Beat. 7 ETFs Above 50% IVR. 15 Pass the Dual Filter. XLE Flipped Bullish on $105 Oil. VIX at 17.

Apr 26, 2026

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13 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - April 26, 2026

Record Highs. Rising VIX. The Sell Zone Just Tripled. Something Doesn't Add Up.

Apr 19, 2026

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11 min read

📩 The Option Premium Weekly Issue - April 19, 2026

The S&P 500 Crossed 7,000. The Nasdaq Posted Its Longest Streak Since 2009. And the War Still Isn't Over.