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IV Rank, IV Percentile, and Skew: The Three Numbers That Price Every Option
Raw implied volatility is a useless headline number — a 45% IV is cheap on a biotech and expensive on KO. IV rank, IV percentile, and skew answer different questions about where vol sits in its own history, and traders who confuse them pay for the confusion in credit spreads sold into cheap-looking vol that isn't cheap.
#options#volatility#iv-rank#skew
The Bollinger Band Squeeze: How to Trade Low Volatility Before It Explodes
Bollinger Band squeezes predict volatility expansions. Here is how to identify them, measure their intensity, and avoid the false breakouts.
#indicators#bollinger-bands#volatility