As an options trader, I am always on the lookout for potential earnings plays. One stock that caught my attention is CrowdStrike, due to a significant difference in implied volatility of options for ...
Volatility influences options prices because dramatic price swings amplify gains and losses. While traders can’t look at a crystal ball to see how much volatility the market will endure, implied ...
One of the most important risk factors when trading financial assets and their derivatives is the actual and historical volatility of the underlying asset that impacts the implied volatility used to ...
The volatility term structure, which plots implied volatility against different expiration dates for options on the same underlying asset, can reveal when potential catalysts are anticipated by ...
In this video, we explore the difference between implied and realized volatility, how the VIX reflects market expectations, and why the “rule of sixteen” helps translate volatility into daily price ...
Volatility is a measure of risk that is the statistical quantification of a security's possible investment returns. In short, it means large swings in price over a short period of time. Volatility in ...
J.P. Morgan analysts put together a list of stocks that have cheap implied volatility according to their scoring percentage. Bram Kaplan, head of Americas Equity Derivatives Strategy at J.P. Morgan, ...
What goes up must come down, well at some point it does. Mike walks you through the trade ...