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In Know Your Options, I tend to mention Implied Volatility quite often. I’m sure most readers already understand the general idea that options with high IVs are expensive and options with low IVs are ...

Implied volatility, or IV, is one of the major factors that influences the price of an option. In the simplest terms, implied volatility is a forward-looking metric measuring the market's expectations ...

Jeff Kohler has 20+ years of experience as a trader/analyst. He currently runs TradingAddicts.com, providing market insight and analysis to investors. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial ...

How to profit from an IV crush with options strategies Understanding IV (implied volatility) Crush is crucial for options traders because it is a key component of option pricing. In this article, we ...

A volatility crush is the term used to describe the result of implied volatility exploding once the market opens higher or lower than where it closed the previous day. For new investors, implied ...

Investors in GoDaddy Inc. GDDY need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Jan. 16, 2026 $80 Call had some of the highest implied ...

Implied volatility is at multi-year lows as holiday trading suppresses premiums, but rising realized volatility hints at a ...

Realized Volatility is a key financial metric that measures the historical price fluctuations of an asset, typically a stock, currency, or commodity, over a specific period. Unlike implied volatility, ...

Volatility influences options prices because dramatic price swings amplify gains and losses. While traders can’t look at a crystal ball to see how much volatility the market will endure, implied ...