How Volatility Can be Used to Plan Your Entry Strategies

When you determine the difference between a stock's implied volatility and its current IV percentile, you could have an edge in your trading. This could help you become a more consistently profitable trader. “If you want to have a better performance than the...
Is Your Trade As Safe As You Think It Is?

Is Your Trade As Safe As You Think It Is?

One measure of risk that is common for option traders is to use standard deviations of movement. I built a popular Standard deviation calculator to calculate the range of movement for a given set of numbers. It was accessed nearly 500 times in the past week! An option...
REPLAY: Round Table with Steve Lentz

REPLAY: Round Table with Steve Lentz

Steve Lentz, from OptionVue and Discover Options, presented “Volatility Edge Analysis of the Russell 2000.” Steve's data was very intriguing and showed how ofter option sellers have an edge on in the RUT. Steve is trying to use technical analysis to...

Are your Greeks correct for VIX options?

I posted in the forums about seting up OptionVue correctly to get the correct greeks for VIX options.   Jim sent me an interesting link to six figure investing's article on “Thirteen Things Your Should Know About Trading VIX Options.” Bullet point...