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SPX IV and Price Not Matching Up

In the midst of one of the lowest volume trading days of the year it took little effort to push S&P 500 futures down.  The ES futures themselves closed below 1200 for the first time in sometime.  While light volume can be a good reason to ignore the markets do not forget that Black Monday was actually a low volume day.  On most days when the market is down big the average volume is going to be much lower than when the market is UP big.  So should traders be scared?  Is this 'break out' toward 1200 low?

Why Do Long Dated Options Have Higher Implied Volatilities than Short Dated Options

In yesterday’s blog I explained why front month volatility does not correlate to the next mon

What To Expect When You Expect Nothing

I have spent the past few days explaining to you option traders that the next two weeks might not be the best time to be short premium.  While I believe this to be true, I do not want you trad

When is the best time to sell AAPL Weekly Iron Butterfly's.

Option traders, over on Option 911, Mark Sebastian wrote a piece called "How Time Premium Decay's