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For the week ended March 6, U.S. equities turned defensive. The Dow fell 3.0%, its worst weekly drop since early April, the S&P 500 lost 2.0%, its biggest weekly decline since mid-October, and the Nasdaq shed 1.2%. Friday’s selloff was driven by two forces: a sharp jump in oil prices as the Middle East conflict intensified, and a much weaker-than-expected February jobs report, with nonfar...

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U.S. equities finished last week on a softer note, with investors increasingly rotating away from crowded risk and re-pricing both AI winners/losers and the rate path. For the week ending Feb. 27, the S&P 500 fell 0.4%, the Dow lost 1.3%, and the Nasdaq slipped 1.0%, while Friday’s session saw another broad decline as inflation worries and geopol...

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U.S. stock had a turbulent week (Feb 2–6, 2026), finishing with a powerful Friday rebound. The Dow hit fresh records and briefly cleared 50,000, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied sharply into the close—yet the week still showed rotation: Dow outperformed as parts of mega-cap tech stayed under pressure after several down sessions.
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In the previous episode, we covered the first—and most important—way to deal with drawdowns: cutting exposure. As a quick recap, what are the advantages of proactively trimming positions when markets start to fall?
In this episode, we move on to the second line of defense: hedging with options.
1. When to Hedge?
Before we dive deep into hedging strategies, it helps to identify differences between two types of drawdowns:
A tech...