deltaiq

Guides

Short educational explainers on SPY, SPX, and short-dated option market structure. Written for clarity — not trade calls.

Informational and educational only. Not investment advice.

What is 0DTE (and 1DTE)?

Plain-language definitions of zero-day and one-day-to-expiration options, why the labels matter, and what DeltaIQ publishes in that context.

SPY vs SPX for 0DTE options

How the ETF and the index differ in structure, size, settlement, and why both appear in short-dated options conversations.

Market conditions vs trade alerts

The difference between observational market-condition publication and trade-alert products that specify strikes, size, or timing.

Short-dated options risk basics

Educational overview of why short-dated options behave differently — time decay, gap risk, and product scale — without trade instructions.

What option market structure means for SPY/SPX

How “market structure” is used for short-dated SPY/SPX options — packaging, clocks, and liquidity clusters — without turning structure into a trade plan.

0DTE vs 1DTE: same-day vs next-session clocks

Why same-day and next-session labels are calendars, how overnight/next-open context differs, and why clocks are not strategies.

Cash settlement vs share delivery: SPX and SPY

Educational overview of cash-settled European-style SPX options vs American-style SPY options — settlement and early-exercise concepts only.

Bull & bear market condition labels

What Currently Bull / Currently Bear mean in observational publications — snapshots under rules, not predictions or buy/sell instructions.

Rules-based vs discretionary signals

How fixed-cycle, simultaneous market-condition publishing differs from discretionary commentary that chooses when to speak.

Publication glossary

How to read DeltaIQ’s three-line dashboard format and what optional SMS does (and does not) include.

Methodology

High-level description of DeltaIQ’s rules-based evaluation process — without proprietary thresholds.