Volatility Views 181: Earnings Strangles & Volatility Failures
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Today, Mark is joined by: Mark Sebastian, from Option Pit Russell Rhoads, Senior Instructor, the Options Institute Kevin Nichols, Director, CBOE LiveVol Volatility Review: A look back at the week from a volatility perspective, including: Non-farm numbers and the resulting market reaction Bifurcated earnings season A less volatile VIX? SKEW index Earnings crush VIX weekly options Is there a new 12 for VIX? Put love in VIX-land Mark S. extrapolates VIX weekly trading for the past seven years Earnings! The force is strong with DIS. Crude: WTI Skew Volatility Voicemail: Listener questions and comments Question from Adam S.: Hello, is there a correlation between imp vol and move in the stock before earnings? I noticed that aapl imp vol is still 33% even though they will report on Tuesday. Does that imply there will be a small move? Nflx was in the 80s and it moved 10%. I sold put and still made money. Would you sell strangles otm to benefit from vol collapse? Question from Pick6: Are there too many VIX-related products? Have any of them ever failed? Crystal Ball: Earnings season! What will the Fed do in December?
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