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With the Fed leaving interest rates at current levels and remaining open to future rate hikes, traders and asset managers are seeking new data sets that are predictive of volatility. Investors are keeping their eye on inflation data while scouring the market for alternative data feeds that can provide clues into consumer behavior, writes Ivy Schmerken, Editorial Director at FlexTrade Systems, reporting on the recent Data Minds webinar hosted by Wall Street Horizon. As options trading volumes have surged in recent years, Schmerken examines the heightened interest in options data, especially with the rise of short-dated options contracts, including zero-day-to-expiry options contracts (ODTE), which critics say is a potential risk to the market, including zero-day-to-expiry options contracts.