To be able to calculate the volatility of the spread, we must equalize the volatilities of the individual options.
First, let’s move the June calls by moving June’s implied volatility down from 40 to 36, a decrease of four volatility ticks. Four volatility ticks multiplied by a vega of .05 per tick gives us a value [...]
Spread traders must understand how to properly calculate accurate volatility. In order to get accurate volatility levels, you must first determine a base volatility for the two options involved in the spread. Getting a base volatility must be done because different volatilities in different months cannot and do not get weighted evenly mathematically.
Since they are [...]
Stock trading system software is getting increasingly popular among stock exchange traders. There are also handbooks and guides written by seasoned stock traders that can come in very handy. These are useful for professional traders as well as for amateurs looking to make some money in the stock market. A stock trading system is a [...]
Short of having a crystal ball, picking winners when stock option trading is not as hard as many people would have you believe. In the first place, when considering purchasing or selling stock options, you need to conduct extensive research on the underlying stock yourself, or rely on someone else to do it for you [...]
Stock Trading is of great interest to many people. Stock trading is an exciting, shorter term strategy where it is you against the market. Stock trading is one of the most exciting things you can do, but it does require a lot of skill and discipline to succeed. Stock trading is done at at a [...]
Over the last decade, online trading accounts have swelled to the point one must wonder if the full service broker should be placed on the endangered list as a protected species. Once someone opens an online brokerage account, they must decide what sort of trading to pursue. For the sake of this article, we will [...]
With the advent of online trading, many new investors are drawn into the world of stock market trading. Fortunes can be made and lost without leaving the home. However, before embarking on this new life, any investor should consider their strategy for sound investment and not gambling to help protect themselves from what can be [...]
How would you like to get 20-25% a year on your investment money without risk. Sounds crazy would you say. What If I am telling you I have been making that kind of money in the past 4 years without one single bad trade.
On top of that what would you say if I am telling [...]
Options trading, and specifically writing options, is normally poorly understood, and more often than not, poorly communicated. This is why most people dismiss it as too complicated or too difficult. So many traders are put off trading in options purely because of lack of knowledge. But once educated in this area you will find you [...]
A hedge is an investment made to offset the risk incurred by entering another investment. Essentially you are setting up a bet on both sides so that one offsets the other and you can end up winning either way.
Think of it as a form of insurance.
Options are frequently used in hedging.
For example, you can speculate [...]