7: Why Implied Volatility Is The Key To Your "Edge" Trading Options
The Option Alpha Podcast
Kirk Du Plessis
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2014
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast we're going to have a very advanced conversation about implied volatility (IV) and why understanding IV is critical to gaining and edge in the market. Plus we'll use a very specific example with YHOO and HAL both that have IV of 32% but when we apply IV percentiles we find out that you should be trading these stocks completely different. Buckle up - this one is intense!
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| 0:50.4 | implied volatility and how this is really your edge when it comes to trading. |
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