Options and Volatility
oil options and the raw gamma paradox
gamma and calendar spreads
Options and Volatility
gamma and calendar spreads
Our thinking on options, trading, investing.
average price options
computing rebalance quantities
A few common misunderstandings
shadow theta when an event is approaching
earnings extraction example
intraday decay
there's no single volatility, just as there's no single measure of coastline distance
Selling puts in squeezes
Pricing American Style options
American options as "optimal stopping time" problems
votes vs money-weighted votes
Last week, in part 1, we backfilled prerequisite knowledge: 1. Distance in return space: equal percentage moves aren’t equal in compounded or log space 2. Vol bonus vs vol tax: trend and chop change the distribution of a levered asset 3. Derivatives-on-derivatives: options on the underlying ETF are inputs