a sense of proportion around skew
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Moontower "Blaster" Tool
"buried treasure" trading
years worth of option education in under 90 minutes
Loads of option concepts in a screencast
how an option trader extracts earnings from a vol term structure
a subject that encompasses many vol topics
how to become the main character on voltwit
when measuring changes in vol as a percent makes sense
The Moontower Subscriber Hoot
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long shot bets against MSTR
Path, VIX, & Hit Rates vs Expectancy
ways to price VIX and what we can learn from it
the option market's point spread (part 2)
multiple VRPs
why selling an option because the “stock will never get there” is amateur vol thinking
a topic that takes a long time to grok
translating to “option surface” language
Translate your sentiment into “option surface” language
the option market's point spread
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stepping through an oil put option trade
the thinking, experience, and pst-mortem of an oil option trade
THE book for retail option traders
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Options are ALWAYS about vol
Lots of fun stuff to learn today about options. Jumping right in. GLD and USO On the weekend of August 18th I pointed out that GLD ATM vol looked expensive as of the close on August 16th. I wrote about the setup and the performance after a week in the following posts respectively: Flash post on GLD vol (8/8/24) how many coin flips until your goal? (8/25/24) I did not put anything on myself as I prefer to stick to trades where my vol lens and directional bias overlap. I have no opinion on go
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