In several recent articles for "Know Your Options" I've referred to implied volatility as it relates to the price of options that all expire at the same time. The aim has been to construct trades in ...

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The consensus on basket options is that they are both useful and a headache. Useful because buying an option on a basket is cheaper than hedging the constituents individually. The headache is ...

Can the CME Group Volatility Index (CVOL) skew ratio offer clues to market participants’ sentiment on which way the direction of a particular futures market might trend? In our second article on CVOL, ...

The 10-year Treasury note and 30-year bond suddenly moved to their highest yields in 16 years on Oct. 3. With both intraday and historical options values available, traders can use the CVOL Index to ...

Treasury options traders began pricing the 2-year yield risk to the downside and 10 and 30-year to the upside beginning in July With both intraday and historical options values available, traders can ...