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Learn how using historical data, instead of standard deviation, offers a more accurate assessment of stock volatility and risk management strategies.

Volatility is the bane of many investors. Bumpy moves in your portfolio in response to market fluctuations can cause you to make emotionally driven mistakes in your investing, and that can cause you ...

Treasury options traders began pricing the 2-year yield risk to the downside and 10 and 30-year to the upside beginning in July With both intraday and historical options values available, traders can ...

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 ...

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 ...

Traders should prepare for heightened volatility as several key macroeconomic events approach. With significant economic reports and the Federal Reserve’s decision, implied volatility (IV) levels ...