The Treynor ratio is a measurement of the returns earned in excess of what could’ve been earned on an investment that has no diversifiable risk per unit (like U.S. Bonds) of market risk assumed. The Treynor reward to volatility model is also called the reward-to-volatility ratio or Treynor measure it was named for Jack L. […]
Why do the biggest rallies happen in bear markets? The biggest stock market rallies happen in bear markets. We almost never see a 5% rally in the stock indexes in a normal bull market, and if we do it may be signaling a short term price top. The market needs high volatility for huge outsized
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The UVXY is a volatility tracking exchange traded fund. This ETF started trading in October of 2011 and it tracks 1.5 times the performance of the S&P 500 VIX short-term futures index for a single day. Due to the compounding effect of daily returns, the UVXY’s performance over the long-term will be very different than
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IV crush stands for implied volatility crush and is a description of what happens to options vega premium when it drops dramatically out of the pricing model of an option chain. This usually happens after a major risk or news event has passed for the underlying stock or market for the option contract. The most
Implied volatility or IV crush are descriptions for when an options vega premium dropped dramatically out of its pricing. This usually happens after a major event has passed for the underlying stock or market for the option contract. The most common time to see IV crush in a stock option is after an earnings announcement
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In Black–Scholes option pricing model, the implied volatility or ‘IV’ of an option contract is the cost embedded in the option of the volatility of the underlying instrument that it is being valued against. Volatility is the input in an option pricing model that measures when an asset will likely return to a theoretical value
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While many traders love volatility and need it to trade in their timeframe it creates as many risks as it does opportunities. If you are on the right side of volatility you can make a lot of money but being on the wrong side will cost you dearly. Here are the top 10 dangers that
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This is a Guest Post by Dr. Arnout ter Schure on Twitter @intell_invest. What is the VIX/VXV ratio telling us about the state of the stock markets? The VIX:VXV ratio has been dropping from almost 1.05 in June to today’s low reading of 0.83. What does this ratio mean and why should we care? To answer the
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. If 2018 felt different then the past several years it’s because it was……. Gone are the days of portfolio
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The biggest key to profitable trading that few people think about is the management of volatility. Setting a stop loss at a level that keeps you in a winning trade but stops you out of a losing trade when proven wrong is the management of volatility. Using a moving average crossover system is a way
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