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May you live in interesting times.
-Ancient Chinese Curse
Stress in the financial markets has been spilling over into other areas, affecting equities, derivatives, and a wide array fixed income products. Because of their multiple uses and leveraged nature, the equity derivatives market is an especially interesting point of study, because the behavior of numerous speculators and […]

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As an options trader, implied volatility and time decay are two critical components to keep an eye on. This article will focus on volatility for those just beginning to dabble in options. At the end of the article a short explanation of time decay is included.
Markets determine option buy points by using forward-looking pricing models. […]

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Volatility
Volatility can be a very important factor in deciding what kind of options to buy or sell. Volatility shows the investor the range that a stocks price has fluctuated in a certain period. The official mathematical value of volatility is denoted as “the annualized standard deviation of a stocks daily price changes.”
There are two […]

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