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What stands out

Ben Watson’s Schwab webcast walked traders through practical index option strategies, including managing zero days to expiration (0DTE) trades and risk controls for S&P 500, NASDAQ 100 and Russell 2000 exposure. That matters because Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) is the retail onramp for these trades while Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ) runs the exchanges and index products that make them possible, so any rise in retail options activity touches both companies’ core businesses. The talk is a reminder that education and access can shift where volume and fees flow.