For individuals aspiring to become options traders, here are six of the best books that offer help in understanding and profiting from the options markets.

Implied volatility (IV) is a market's forecast that is often used to help traders determine the correct trading strategies and set prices for option contracts.

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 ...

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 ...

Options straddles and options strangles are two advanced options strategies that can be used to capitalize on changes in implied volatility (IV) and stock price volatility. Options straddles and ...

Implied volatility is a powerful but often misunderstood metric that plays a major role in options trading. Implied volatility doesn’t tell you what’s going to happen to an option’s price, but it ...

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.

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. There’s an old saying that volatility brings opportunity.

This summer I’ve made a concerted effort to plow through some books of interest. I’ve been less successful at getting myself to return to a regular running schedule. Motivation, like volatility, comes ...

The thesis for this article is already captured in the title. In the subsequent sections, I will argue why the combination of elevated P/E ratios for the overall equity market and muted level of ...

Stochastic volatility models have revolutionised the field of option pricing by allowing the volatility of an asset to vary randomly over time rather than remain constant. These models have ...