Webinar: Aligning Strategies with Volatility – Part 1

  • 4 Dec 2019
  • By CME Group
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Strategic Options Trading Series

Novice options traders sometimes execute strategies without considering the volatility environment. Knowing how to trade a straddle is important, but you should also understand where a trade falls on the volatility continuum, as this can significantly impact the outcome.

In less than an hour, you will learn:

  • Historical, implied, and realized volatility: What they are and why they matter
  • How to use implied volatility percentile rankings to get better options trading results
  • How to convert annualized volatility numbers into daily, weekly, or monthly time horizons
  • Volatility skew: What it is and how it affects options pricing

Keep learning

Explore more information about aligning your strategies with volatility in a recent research paper.

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