Subdued moves left the options market expecting more muted trading. The SPY ETF implies volatility under 13% for February.

Options trading has become popular, especially during periods of high volatility in the market. Traders use the IV Rank metric to identify opportunities where implied volatility is at extremes.

Learn about the Black-Scholes model, how it works, and how its formula helps estimate fair option prices by weighing ...

Earnings season kicks into gear this week with banks and tech stocks taking center stage. This week we have Bank of America ...

Today we are taking a closer look at volatility -- specifically, what it means when there is an abundance or lack of volatility, as well as the two primary types of volatility each options trader must ...

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading. Volatility, for example, refers to the propensity of a security's price to move ...

Volatility influences options prices because dramatic price swings amplify gains and losses. While traders can’t look at a crystal ball to see how much volatility the market will endure, implied ...

As an options trader, I am always on the lookout for potential earnings plays. One stock that caught my attention is CrowdStrike, due to a significant difference in implied volatility of options for ...

Institutions are applying Bitcoin options strategies to XRP, SOL, and ETH, and they are transforming altcoins into ...

One of the major factors that influences the price of an option is implied volatility (IV). In simplest terms, implied volatility is the anticipated movement of an underlying equity over a certain ...

SLV IV at the 99th percentile, making covered call strategies particularly attractive for generating premium income. Read the ...

Discover how institutional investors in 2025 leveraged options trading to stabilize Bitcoin's volatility, leading to ...