This is the second part of an occasional series where we discuss specifics with other experts in the industry. My former colleague Dominic Salvino from Group One Trading is not only the VIX options specialist …
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Following up on Enis’s recent posts on spot VIX and VIX futures, I wanted to start an occasional series where we discuss these types of things with other experts in the industry. My former colleague …
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Introducing our Calculators The idea behind the Implied Event Move Calculator was introduced in our post on Discussing Implied Event Move Calculations. We used the math discussed in that post to build the calculators but …
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We have had much debate here at Risk Reversal over the best way to present this topic. Implied Moves of events, usually earnings, are something we frequently mention and use, but they are at best …
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Butterflies are good strategies for high volatility environments as they have limited risk and premium expenditure. In exchange, they have a limited profit potential. Butterflies also involve buying and selling three different strikes and therefore …
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The vertical spread is one of our favorite strategies on the site. A vertical spread, involves buying and selling a call, a call spread, or buying and selling a put, a put spread, of the …
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Straddles and strangles are volatility strategies. They seem like simple strategies, but are in fact fairly advanced as your predictions must be quite accurate for them to work out. Straddle A straddle consists of buying …
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Part VI Calendar Spreads Calendar spreads, also known as time spreads, are extremely versatile strategies and can be used to take advantage of a number of scenarios while minimizing risk. A calendar spread consists of …
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This is a continuing series on options trading terms and techniques. Parts I, II, III and IV are here. We’ll open up the comments on this post to try to answer any questions on the …
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This is a continuing series on options trading terms and techniques. Parts I, II and III are here. We’ll be following up with Part V shortly. Part IV The Greeks The Greeks help us …
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