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In this episode of Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour from Oct 8, 2025, Samantha LaDuc and Hans Albrecht discuss an AI-driven melt-up in the stock market, ultra-low equity volatility, and how currency/rate moves and missing macro data can briefly pressure risk while the uptrend persists. 

They explain practical options tactics for this regime—scaling from long delta into call spreads and butterflies, adding time-buffered S&P/VIX hedges, avoiding shorting breakouts, and even raising some cash as option pricing gets rich. 

The pair highlights where capital is flowing now: mega-cap AI and “data” plays (Palantir, Datadog, Snowflake), selective semis, a broadening toward small caps amid short-covering, bursts in biotech, and enduring strength in metals—especially gold—as a structural inflation/debasement hedge. 

Key risks to watch are unemployment inflections and sudden FX/rate shocks; near-term, they expect continued breadth rotation with pullbacks being bought, then fresh tests around earnings and seasonal October volatility.

Video Length: 00:51:51

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