Brent Kochuba

The rising volume of options, including zero-day-to-expiration (0DTE) options, was one of the many topics discussed at the Benzinga Fintech Day & Awards 2025 in New York on Nov. 10, 2025. Options experts shared how retail investors are becoming more educated and why it's essential to keep an...

The U.S. equity market stands at a critical crossroads, SpotGamma founder Brent Kochuba says. The convergence of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision and the September expiration of derivatives positions may trigger a scenario similar to last month's turbulence when highly leveraged...

The U.S. Securities and Commission issued a report earlier this month suggesting brokers — via gamified user interfaces and mechanisms such as payment for order flow — lured investors to increase their trading which, in turn, resulted in higher revenues. Context: The...

Volatility is suppressed. That’s according to Brent Kochuba, founder at SpotGamma, a financial insights company applying proprietary methodologies toward index and equity options modeling. “Just recently, we hit a low in realized volatility,” Kochuba said. “The market has...