Monday & Wednesday Expiries Coming: Amplify Gains With 0DTE or Stock ETF?
SEC has approved a rule change proposed by Nasdaq ISE. Starting January 26, 2026, a select group of mega-cap stocks and ETFs will be eligible for additional Monday and Wednesday short-term option expiries, expanding the existing short-term options program.
Who will join Monday & Wednesday options and when to trade?
According to Nasdaq’s Q1 2026 eligibility list, the first nine securities include Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Broadcom, Alphabet, and iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. The list will be reviewed quarterly and adjusted as eligibility changes.
New Monday/Wednesday expiries will not be listed around earnings dates, settlement will continue at the regular market close, and traders are explicitly warned about post-market price risks that may trigger unexpected assignments.
For active options traders, this rule change expands the toolkit for gamma trading, event hedging, and theta management.
These top-tier names not only have strong trading liquidity, but also offer a wide range of ways to trade them. Beyond the newly launched short-dated midweek options, there are also single-stock leveraged ETFs such as $GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF(NVDL)$ , $Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares(TSLL)$ , $Direxion Daily MSFT Bull 2X Shares(MSFU)$ , and $GraniteShares 2X Long AVGO Daily ETF(AVGU)$ .
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Which would you prefer for magnifying returns: options or leveraged ETFs?
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With Monday and Wednesday expiries available, would you use them mainly for short-term trades, hedging, or not at all?
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Will short-dated options make these stocks more volatile?
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Which company do you expect most for short-dated options?
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With these new midweek expiries, I’d mainly use them for short-term trades and tactical hedging rather than holding longer. Short-dated options are effective for quick moves or adjusting exposure around headlines, though post-market risk and unexpected assignment still need close attention.
On volatility, I do think short-dated options can amplify price swings in heavily traded names. NVIDIA and Tesla stand out as the most active candidates, as strong options flow and trader interest could intensify gamma-driven moves.
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1. The 0DTE Opportunity
The primary reason to trade 0DTE on Mondays and Wednesdays is to capture hyper-accelerated time decay (Theta).
Income Frequency: Instead of waiting a month for an option to expire, you can collect premiums 252 days a year.
Limited Overnight Risk: Since you enter and exit on the same day, you aren't vulnerable to "gap downs" or "gap ups" caused by news that breaks while the market is closed.
Low Capital Requirement: 0DTE options are much cheaper than longer-dated ones, providing massive leverage.
The Middle Ground: Many traders in 2026 are using 0DTE-based ETFs (like $QDTE or $XDTE). These funds do the 0DTE selling for you, providing daily or weekly distributions without requiring you to manage the Greeks manually.
Go 0DTE if: You are an active trader who understands Gamma risk and wants to monetize daily volatility