In contrast to historical volatility (HV), which looks at actual asset prices in the past, implied volatility (IV) looks ahead. … Implied volatility can be derived from the price of an option. Specifically, implied volatility is the expected future volatility of the stock that is implied by the price of the stock’s options Click the video below to see how we dive into this important aspect […]
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An option’s gamma is a measure of the rate of change of its delta. The gamma of an option reflects the change in the delta in response to a one-point movement of the underlying stock price. Like the delta, the gamma is not a static measure. It is constantly changing, even with tiny movements of the […]
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We talk a lot about price distributions, standard deviations, confidence intervals, etc. in our rooms. What are we talking about? We throw these terms around like it’s “2+2=4” and that is not fair. Here is what we are talking aboutFor example, a 95% confidence interval is a range of values that you can be 95% […]
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A butterfly spread is an options strategy combining bull and bear spreads, with a fixed risk and capped profit. These spreads, involving either four calls or four puts are intended as a market-neutral strategy and pay off the most if the underlying does not move prior to option expiration. Click the video below to see more detail. Grab a free day pass to […]
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The Inside Bar. It has not presented itself it the desired setting over the past few months. Today, it did in Spotify ($SPOT) and we jumped on it. Click the video below to see how we employed it this morning. Grab a free day pass to one of our live signal trading rooms today>> http://bit.ly/nlonedaypass […]
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Most traders know what a stop order is whether they use them or not. Ask your average trader about a “stop on close” and you may get some head-scratching. It’s not too difficult to understand. It’s a stop that is favored by swing traders where you don’t have a market/limit stop order placed at a […]
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A trailing stop order sets the stop price at a fixed amount below the market price with an attached “trailing” amount. As the price of an option rises, the stop price rises by the trail amount, but if the option price falls, the stop-loss price doesn’t change, and a market order is submitted when the stop price is hit. Click the video below to see […]
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The Congestion Entry is not necessarily the most popular methodology we employ in the short-term option room but it is a very powerful and reliable one. Click the video below to see how we employed it in Target ($TGT) this morning. Grab a free day pass to one of our live signal trading rooms today>> […]
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Although not strategies that we employ in the Short-Term Options Room, straddles and strangles can be very viable options strategies if used in the right circumstances. Click the video link below to hear about the similarities and differences between the two strategies and when the best time to use them is. Grab a free day […]
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We talk a lot about price distributions, standard deviations, confidence intervals, etc. in our rooms. What are we talking about? We throw these terms around like it’s “2+2=4” and that is not fair. Here is what we are talking aboutFor example, a 95% confidence interval is a range of values that you can be 95% […]
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