Options and Volatility
how to become the main character on voltwit
when measuring changes in vol as a percent makes sense
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arbitrage is a hall of mirrors
arbitrage-free requirements leads to unintuitive pricing
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"over-the-shoulder" substance
another learning mode
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learning options from scratch
The basics
Options and Volatility
Volatility term structure from multiple angles (part 1)
Part 1 on term structures
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moontower.ai testimonial and some of my thoughts
One of our pro subs sent us a note this weekend: Subscriber update: I’ve had a really successful first month with my moontower built trades. I’ve just been buying cheap vol verticals and diagonals, time spreads and selling expensive credit spreads, fine-tuning with the skew screen, playing the
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tracking your portfolio and its risk
computing portfolio vol
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a riddle related to American-style options
stopping time problems
Options and Volatility
how arbitrage pricing creates opportunities for directional investors
This post starts with a response to a reader question but leads to a deeper question
Options and Volatility
Dynamic Hedging & Option P/L Decomposition
Plus some realized vol trickery
Options and Volatility
understanding the realized vol portion of option p/l
isolating realized vol p/l
Options and Volatility
Connecting Vol Surfaces To Option P/L
Delta-neutrality, sticky strike vs sticky delta and more...
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a deeper understanding of vertical spreads
This is part 2 of “building an options chain in your head”
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The “grammar” of trading with SIG’s Todd Simkin
Learning trading with SIG's Todd Simkin
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Learn Probability
Probability resources
Risk and Edge
Options trading as a widget factory
Edge Functions: the hurdle for a trader's unit economics