Daily Safari, Spread Trading Technique, Tactical Trading
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Flex Factor, Options Theory, Spread Trading Technique, Tactical Trading, Volatility Trading
The cornerstone of Modern Portfolio Theory is that Volatility Equals Risk. A similar concept exists in Pre-Modern Investment Theory: Safety Through Diversity. In the Pre-Modern example, diversification of assets leads to lower volatility by diluting outliers in the...
Options Theory, Spread Trading Technique, Tactical Trading, Volatility Trading
Capturing volatility spikes and declines is a high risk game. The most direct way to speculate on the direction of volatility is to go long or short a volatility instrument such as the VIX futures contracts or its exchange traded derivatives such as VXX, SVXY, XIV...
Options Theory, Spread Trading Technique, Tactical Trading, Volatility Trading
One of the most common ways that options traders lose money is a sudden, unexpected drop in historic or implied volatility. When this happens, strategies that once made money start losing money. And at the same time, risk from unforeseen “Black Swan”...
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