Calendar spreads are a versatile options strategy that allows traders to capitalize on time decay and changes in implied ...

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 ...

Options trading has become popular, especially during periods of high volatility in the market. Traders use the IV Rank metric to identify opportunities where implied volatility is at extremes.

Earnings season picks up steam this week with 35 companies of interest due to report including some banks and big tech names. Before a company reports earnings, implied volatility is usually high ...

It’s a very quiet week on the earnings front with just a handful of key names reporting. This week, we have Adobe (ADBE), Broadcom (AVGO) and Oracle (ORCL) all reporting. Before a company reports ...

This week, several major companies will be reporting earnings. Among them are Tilray (TLRY), Applied Digital Corporation (APLD), Constellation ...

Stochastic volatility models have revolutionised the field of option pricing by allowing the volatility of an asset to vary randomly over time rather than remain constant. These models have ...

When the stock market becomes a roller coaster, the gains and losses both get larger. Traders have the potential to make profits during volatility, but getting it wrong can result in losses. Some ...

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SpiderRock Gateway Technologies (“SpiderRock”), a leading provider of analytical option data, announced today the release of “Chart Tool”, a web application for visualizing ...

Implied volatility is a powerful but often misunderstood metric that plays a major role in options trading. Implied volatility doesn’t tell you what’s going to happen to an option’s price, but it ...

The risk with options straddles and options strangles is limited Options straddles and options strangles are two advanced options strategies that can be used to capitalize on changes in implied ...