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Use Volatility In Your Favor With Robinhood Options Trading In April, Volatility Index VIX Hit Highest Mark
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By Meg Flippin, Benzinga
Thanks to their large upside potential, many seasoned traders choose to trade options to play the markets. Fintechs like Robinhood have made accessing the market easier for seasoned traders to fine-tune their strategies, building based on their trading level.
With inflation remaining stubborn, the markets appearing to be waiting for the Federal Reserves next move on interest rates and the U.S. about to enter what is expected to be a polarizing presidential election, volatility has been high. In April, the VIX Index which Wall Street uses to gauge volatility in the market hit its highest level since late October 2023, when the Israel-Hamas conflict began. Year-to-date, the VIX Index is up more than 12%.
Options Abound With Options Trading
While volatility may scare buy-and-hold investors, for active options traders, some look at it as an opportunity. After all, with options trading, investors can engage in a variety of diverse strategies that have the potential to work in all sorts of market conditions, whether it's speculating stocks will go up or down based on their bearish and bullish outlooks. Options are also cheaper than buying shares outright, creating leverage, which means the gains on your investment could be amplified as can losses. However, options expire, and you can lose your entire investment in a short period of time. Some strategies present a potential for substantial or even unlimited losses.
Then there are the hedging capabilities that come with options, which can help mitigate the dangers of high-risk, high-reward instruments. If an investor is worried a stock is going to fall they can purchase puts that enable them to sell the stock at a strike price, regardless of where the stock falls prior to expiration of the option. The same cant be said of stocks. If shares tank, you dont have any downward protection other than to sell and limit your losses. However, if the stock goes up or doesnt move prior to expiration, the option will expire worthless and the loss is equal to the premium paid.
Leveling The Playing Field For Options Investors
Accessing options trading is getting even easier thanks to Robinhoods trading platform. Not only do customers get access to options but also advanced charts, including the ability to track and modify technical indicators such as moving average, relative strength index and moving average convergence divergence. Furthermore, there are no contract fees.*
Other powerful features of Robinhoods platform include the ability to save and monitor options contracts to see hypothetical returns and options rolling in which you can seamlessly adjust and extend your positions. And lets not forget 24-hour support. If you have a question on your option strategy even in the wee hours of the morning, Robinhood has you covered.
Even retirement accounts and cash account holders can trade options with Robinhood. The same cant be said of some of Robinhoods rivals.
Robinhoods efforts to improve access are not surprising. For some time now, the company has been on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to investing by providing access to an array of investment and retirement products, keeping costs down and commissions at zero (other fees apply). Take Robinhood Gold for one example. Gold subscribers get 5% APY on uninvested cash in their brokerage account, a 1% boost on brokerage transfers and instant deposits.
None of this is lost on options traders, which is why that part of Robinhoods business is growing, and options traders are taking note. Robinhood is making moves to grow its market share even more. We want to be number one in the active trader market. So active traders are very important for us, Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev said in a recent interview. They care about very specific things like performance, pricing, user experience. And we're making lots of investments there both in the user experience and in new product innovations that other competitors don't offer, 24-hour market being a great example there.
Options trading is growing in popularity as regular retail investors learn its virtues. Robinhood wants to be a leader in the space and is pulling out all the stops to achieve that.
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*There are no contract fees charged directly by Robinhood. However Robinhood does pass through certain fees charged by securities regulators and exchanges.
Commission-free trading of stocks, ETFs and options refers to $0 commissions for Robinhood Financial self-directed individual cash or margin brokerage accounts that trade U.S. listed securities and certain OTC securities electronically. Keep in mind, other fees such, Gold subscription fees, wire transfer fees, and paper statement fees may apply to your brokerage account. Please see Robinhood Financial's Fee Schedule to learn more.
Options trading entails significant risk and is not appropriate for all customers. Customers must read and understand the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options before engaging in any options trading strategies. Options transactions are often complex and may involve the potential of losing the entire investment in a relatively short period of time. Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk, including the potential for losses that may exceed the original investment amount.
Robinhood Financial does not guarantee favorable investment outcomes. The past performance of a security or financial product does not guarantee future results or returns. Customers should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing in options. Because of the importance of tax considerations to all options transactions, the customer considering options should consult their tax advisor as to how taxes affect the outcome of each options strategy. Supporting documentation for any claims, if applicable, will be furnished upon request.
Rolling options does not ensure a profit or guarantee against a loss. An investor may also end up compounding their losses. By rolling out, the duration is extended, which can also increase risks as there's more time for the underlying security's price to move unfavorably.
One of the key downsides of options vs stocks is that options contracts expire over time. For puts, If the stock price is at or above the strike price, the option expires worthless, and you can lose the money you paid for the options contract.
Risk of VIX options:
The prices of VIX options can fluctuate significantly and thus increase the risk for investors.
The VIX is a synthetic value that is calculated on the basis of option prices. Investors who invest in VIX options should therefore be aware of the special features of this asset class.
In some market situations, the VIX and thus also the prices of VIX options may not move in the expected direction. This means that in some cases VIX options may not help to reduce the risk of a portfolio, but rather increase it.
VIX options generally have a term of only a few months and are therefore more suitable for short-term trading.
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813,294 Wallets Lost $2 Billion on the TRUMP Token – The Registered Cut Explains Less Than a Third of the Winnings.
A new reconciliation maps every documented winner of the Trump crypto complex: 58 wallets took $1.1 billion, validators took $100 million in a week, and one income line survives the crash by law.
Vilnius, Lithuania — President Trump’s June 30 financial disclosure put a signed number on his crypto year: at least $1.4 billion, including $635 million in memecoin royalties. A new analysis from independent research publication Stack & Story, “Where the Two Billion Went,” starts where that filing stops: if 813,294 wallets lost $2.0 billion on the TRUMP token, and the family’s registered take explains less than a third of the documented winnings, who took the rest?
Key findings:
- The TRUMP loss pool nearly closes against four documented winner cohorts: roughly $616 million to Trump-family entities (Reuters), $1.1 billion to 58 large wallets (Chainalysis), about $100 million to Solana validators and MEV operators in launch week (Helius), and a residual near $184 million for exchanges and unattributed actors.
- The 58 winning wallets are 0.007 percent of the 813,294 losing wallets identified in a New York Times-commissioned forensic analysis.
- The best-documented winner, a trader Bubblemaps calls “Naseem,” funded a fresh wallet with $1 million four hours before the launch announcement, bought within 30 seconds of the tweet, and exited with about $109 million.
- Solana’s daily fee revenue hit an all-time high of $56.9 million on January 19, 2025, driven by TRUMP trading; validators collected over 100,000 SOL in two days.
- The cleanest single transfer in the set: ALT5 Sigma raised $750 million from shareholders, spent $717 million on WLFI tokens, more than $500 million of which flowed to the family, and its shares fell from above $9 to under $1.
- One income line needs no bull market: USD1’s $4.6 billion float earns an estimated $178 million a year for its issuer while paying holders zero, an arrangement the GENIUS Act’s July 18 rules make permanent for every compliant issuer.
“Everyone wrote that he made billions while holders lost billions. The number nobody had was the split,” said Mr Gintautas, founder of Stack & Story. “The president was not the biggest winner of his own memecoin. Fifty-eight anonymous wallets out-earned him.”
Methodology: figures assembled from the June 30 OGE disclosure, the Reuters investigation of June 9, the NYT-commissioned forensic analysis, Chainalysis, Bubblemaps and Helius data, with prices from CoinGecko and rates from FRED. Measurement windows differ across sources; the reconciliation is directional, not audited, and is labeled as such throughout.
Read the full analysis: stackandstory.com/stories/the-transfer-ledger
Disclosure: Stack & Story holds no position in the assets discussed and earns nothing from their movement. This is analysis, not investment advice.
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The World Is Dancing Episode II Synopsis, Next Episode Preview and Advance Cuts Revealed
The Story of the Boy Who Would One Day Be Known as Zeami “The World Is Dancing” Episode II: “You Have a Body, Don’t You?” Synopsis, Next Episode Preview and Advance Cuts Revealed
Tokyo, Japan, 7th Jul 2026 – CyberAgent, Inc. announces The World Is Dancing, currently available to HIDIVE subscribers throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as in key overseas markets including Australia and New Zealand since June 29, has unveiled the synopsis, next episode preview, and advance cuts for Episode II.
Set in a turbulent era of constant conflict, this work follows the intensely curious and beautiful boy Oniyasha (CV: Yumiri Hanamori) as he meets people, laughs, cries, confronts his own weaknesses, and shapes a new form of dance in an impermanent world. It is a “dancing story” spanning 600 years, exploring what might have happened when the man who would later create Noh—Zeami—was still called Oniyasha.
The anime is produced by the animation studio Cypic (Umamusume: Cinderella Gray, The Summer Hikaru Died). The series is directed by Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, known for his work on the TV anime The Great Passage, the animated film Love Me, Love Me Not, and both the TV and theatrical versions of the Backflip!! series.
The series recently won a Special Award at the Short Shorts Film Festival, drawing immense attention.
Set in 1374 during the conflict between the Northern and Southern Courts, Act 1 introduced Oniyasha, a boy born to the Kanze troupe of sarugaku performers, who spends his days unable to find meaning in dance. One day, he encounters Shirabyoshi dancing in a barn, experiencing something truly “good” for the first time. Following the broadcast, social media was flooded with praise from viewers captivated by the passion ignited in Oniyasha’s heart and the breathtaking animation of the dance sequences.
Following the broadcast and streaming of Act 1, social media was flooded with high praise from viewers who were captivated by Oniyasha’s passion and the striking intensity of the dance. Enthusiastic comments poured in, with fans stating, “Act 1 of The World Is Dancing was amazing!” and “It was incredibly entertaining; I’m absolutely watching every single episode.” Viewers also expressed their awe at the production quality, noting, “The way the expression of Shirabyoshi’s dance changed alongside Oniyasha’s shifting heart was truly beautiful,” and “The dance scene in the second half was a masterpiece that showed just how far Japanese animation can go.”
Anticipation for the rest of the series was evident in reactions like, “It exceeded my expectations! I can’t wait to see what the passion born within Oniyasha will go on to create.”
In Episode II, fascinated by Shirabyoshi’s “good” dance, Oniyasha wishes to be able to dance like that himself and begins visiting her along with his friends Kogane and Ishiya. However, the heart-pounding excitement he felt that day never returns no matter how long he waits, leaving Oniyasha with a growing sense of frustration.
Nevertheless, triggered by his encounter with the Shirabyoshi, Oniyasha’s dance slowly begins to change, even earning him praise from his father, Kan’ami, who had never acknowledged him before. But it was not only Oniyasha’s dance that had changed…
What kind of story will Oniyasha’s changing dance and heart weave from here on? Don’t miss Act II!
The World Is Dancing Episode II Title & Advance Cuts
Episode II: “You Have a Body, Don’t You?”
Fascinated by what he found “good”, Oniyasha makes visits to Shirabyoshi accompanied by his friends Kogane and Ishiya, who also want to be able to dance that well. Though Oniyasha’s dance changes due to their encounters, other things have changed as well.
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In 1374, amid the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Courts’ long running conflict, a boy named Oniyasha is born into a family of sarugaku theater performers. He spends his days in a kind of quiet gloom, haunted by a simple but persistent question: Why do people dance? Then, one day, he witnesses a dance that he feels to be “good”—and everything begins to change. This is the story of the beautiful young boy who would one day shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.
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WARSAW, Poland — July 2026 — Poland has officially entered Europe’s scale-up league. According to a new editorial ranking published by BNBN.pl, one of Poland’s fastest-growing business news portals, the country’s startup ecosystem is no longer an early-stage curiosity — it is producing companies valued in the billions and attracting record foreign capital. Venture funding in Poland reached PLN 3.4 billion in 2025 across roughly 180 deals, and the first months of 2026 have already brought an 84% year-on-year increase in invested capital.
Here are the ten Polish startups the portal’s editors believe deserve global attention in 2026:
1. ElevenLabs — The AI voice-generation phenomenon founded by Piotr Dąbkowski and Mateusz Staniszewski has become Poland’s most celebrated tech export. After a Sequoia-led Series D in early 2026, the company reported annual recurring revenue of around $500 million — up from $350 million just months earlier.
2. ICEYE — The satellite radar-imaging company with Polish roots closed a €200 million Series E in December 2025 at a €2.4 billion valuation, cementing its position as a leader in Earth observation and defense-related monitoring.
3. Booksy — The Warsaw-born booking platform for beauty and wellness services keeps expanding in the US and Europe, with more than $200 million raised to date.
4. DocPlanner — The healthtech unicorn behind ZnanyLekarz secured a €80 million Series E and continues to digitize medical appointments across Europe and Latin America.
5. Brainly — The Kraków-founded learning platform, used by hundreds of millions of students worldwide, has doubled down on AI-powered tutoring after its $80 million Series D.
6. Ramp Network — The crypto-payments infrastructure startup remains one of Poland’s strongest fintech bets, powering fiat-to-crypto rails for global partners.
7. Sybilla Technologies — A rising star of Polish spacetech, the company raised over €8 million in 2026 for its global network of optical sensors tracking objects in orbit.
8. Infermedica — The Wrocław-based medtech develops AI-driven symptom-checking and triage technology used by insurers and healthcare providers in dozens of countries.
9. Nomagic — The Warsaw robotics company builds AI-powered robotic arms for e-commerce warehouses and is expanding rapidly across Western Europe.
10. Paymove — One of the freshest names on the list, this fintech raised €2.12 million in seed funding in 2026 to build payment systems designed for agentic AI — a category that barely existed a year ago.
“Poland’s startup scene has reached critical mass,” comments the editorial team at BNBN.pl. “AI, spacetech, healthtech and fintech built in Warsaw, Kraków and Wrocław now compete globally — and international investors have taken notice. Moderna is considering a factory in Poland, Taiwanese investors are building a technology park near Wrocław, and Polish founders are raising some of the largest rounds in Europe.”
The full ranking, along with daily coverage of Polish and international business, finance and technology news, is available on the portal’s website.
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