One of the major factors that influences the price of an option is implied volatility (IV). In simplest terms, implied volatility is the anticipated movement of an underlying equity over a certain ...

Implied volatility is arguably the most important factor for options trading. This week, we discuss how to interpret implied volatility. We also show why you should not use implied volatility as an ...

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 ...

Volatility is the key ingredient why we trade in Equity. Traders will not get any returns out of an asset if it is not volatile. Volatility, being so important to the characteristic of equities, is a ...

Implied volatility percentile (IVP) is a crucial metric in the world of options trading. Delve into the intricacies of IVP, its calculation and interpretation, and see how it compares to other ...

What Are “Cheap” and “Expensive” Options? There are a few ways to define cheap and expensive when it comes to option prices.

Like their peers at most major banks, equity derivatives traders at Barclays rely on the skew stickiness ratio (SSR) to monitor the correlation between implied volatility and spot prices – a crucial ...

Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big ...

WeWork India has launched its IPO. Will the flotation be able to ride the growth wave in the flexible workspace industry? Options give us liberty to trade our bullish and bearish views at a premium ...