Jeff Kohler has 20+ years of experience as a trader/analyst. He currently runs TradingAddicts.com, providing market insight and analysis to investors. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial ...

Once you learn the basic terminology of options trading - like strike, premium, and in the money - you'll know enough to place some trades on your own. Next, it's time to starting making some real ...

Option buyers should be wary when implied volatility appears to be running much higher than historical Today we are taking a closer look at volatility -- specifically, what it means when there is an ...

In "Know Your Options," I often refer to the implied volatility of options as an important tool for determining when to enter and exit options trades. The aim is generally to construct trades in which ...

Explore volatility skew to understand market sentiment and its role in pricing options. Learn how skews impact trading ...

A volatility crush is the term used to describe the result of implied volatility exploding once the market opens higher or lower than where it closed the previous day. For new investors, implied ...

One of the most important risk factors when trading financial assets and their derivatives is the actual and historical volatility of the underlying asset that impacts the implied volatility used to ...

Charts of Ethereum-based volatility and derivatives protocol Volmex Finance's implied volatility indexes for bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) are now available on technical analysis platform TradingView.

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 ...