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Balance Sheet Constraint Dealer
Balance Sheet Constraint Dealer — Dealer SLR/balance-sheet limits reducing intermediation.
Crypto Market Maker Inventory
Crypto Market Maker Inventory — Dealer inventory and hedge needs shaping crypto microstructure.
Dealer Gamma Positioning
Dealer gamma positioning describes whether option dealers are structurally long or short gamma, shaping how hedging flows amplify or dampen market moves.
Gamma Hedging
Gamma Hedging — Delta adjustments by dealers that can accelerate trends or pin prices near strikes.
Vanna Charm Flow
Vanna Charm Flow — Second-order greek hedging flows that amplify or dampen spot moves around expiries.
Gamma Squeeze
A gamma squeeze is a price spiral where dealer hedging of short call (or put) gamma forces them to buy rallies and sell dips, amplifying the move that created the gamma.
Stuffed
Stuffed means a dealer or salesperson was left long (or short) inventory they did not want, usually after a client or a syndicate left paper on the desk.
Dot-Com Crash 2000
The 2000–02 dot-com crash was an equity-valuation collapse after a narrative IPO bubble — brutal for NASDAQ, milder as a banking crisis because leverage sat more in households and corporates than in dealer warehousing of the story.
Global Financial Crisis 2008
The 2007–09 global financial crisis was a wholesale-run on securitized credit and dealer balance sheets after US housing turned — the modern template for shadow-bank runs, fire sales, and a central-bank-as-market-maker.
Lehman Weekend 2008
Lehman weekend (13–15 September 2008) was the disorderly failure of a primary dealer — the moment a housing/credit crunch became a global run on counterparties and money funds.
Primary Dealer Survey
Primary Dealer Survey — Desk-level policy expectations that front-run official communications.
Standing Repo Facility
Standing Repo Facility — The Fed backstop for repo market dysfunction and dealer balance-sheet pressure.
Primary Dealer Holdings
Primary dealer holdings track how much inventory dealers are carrying, offering insight into balance-sheet absorption, market-making capacity, and Treasury market strain.
Balance Sheet Constraint Dealer
Balance Sheet Constraint Dealer — Dealer SLR/balance-sheet limits reducing intermediation.
Crypto Market Maker Inventory
Crypto Market Maker Inventory — Dealer inventory and hedge needs shaping crypto microstructure.
Dealer Gamma Positioning
Dealer gamma positioning describes whether option dealers are structurally long or short gamma, shaping how hedging flows amplify or dampen market moves.
Dot-Com Crash 2000
The 2000–02 dot-com crash was an equity-valuation collapse after a narrative IPO bubble — brutal for NASDAQ, milder as a banking crisis because leverage sat more in households and corporates than in dealer warehousing of the story.
Gamma Hedging
Gamma Hedging — Delta adjustments by dealers that can accelerate trends or pin prices near strikes.
Gamma Squeeze
A gamma squeeze is a price spiral where dealer hedging of short call (or put) gamma forces them to buy rallies and sell dips, amplifying the move that created the gamma.
Global Financial Crisis 2008
The 2007–09 global financial crisis was a wholesale-run on securitized credit and dealer balance sheets after US housing turned — the modern template for shadow-bank runs, fire sales, and a central-bank-as-market-maker.
Lehman Weekend 2008
Lehman weekend (13–15 September 2008) was the disorderly failure of a primary dealer — the moment a housing/credit crunch became a global run on counterparties and money funds.
Primary Dealer Holdings
Primary dealer holdings track how much inventory dealers are carrying, offering insight into balance-sheet absorption, market-making capacity, and Treasury market strain.
Primary Dealer Survey
Primary Dealer Survey — Desk-level policy expectations that front-run official communications.
Standing Repo Facility
Standing Repo Facility — The Fed backstop for repo market dysfunction and dealer balance-sheet pressure.
Stuffed
Stuffed means a dealer or salesperson was left long (or short) inventory they did not want, usually after a client or a syndicate left paper on the desk.