IVolatility.com Knowledge Base
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Welcome to IVolatility.com Knowledge Base - your only starting point
for Options Analysis and Trading Education!
For
those who are relatively new to the Options trading world we recommend
excellent materials provided by The Options Industry Council (OIC), a non-profit
association created to educate the investing public and brokers about
the benefits and risks of exchange-traded options. They can be
contacted directly on 1-888-678-4667. The OIC educational materials not
only cover basic topics (such as what option contract is) but also give
an introduction to some Advanced Concepts (such as what Implied
Volatility and Greeks are). The site also covers most known options
Strategies - must to read material.
To get yourself
started with Volatility concept we advise you to read the articles:
- Putting volatility to work written by Ravi Kant Jain and published in the Active Trader Magazine (April 2001),
- Exploring the Edge written by Jack Walker in 2010.
Our Understanding IVolatility.com
Data section provides an in-depth description of Implied and
Historical (Stock) Volatilities as well as our 'Implied Volatility
Index' - a unique characteristic which represents a composite
Volatility for a stock by taking suitable weighted individual option
volatilities. We also provide pretty detailed and simultaneously
easy-to-understand description of the most significant values
sophisticated traders can't live without - such as volatility surface,
volatility skew, correlation and lots of other indicators including
unique ones available only to IVolatility.com subscribers. Get yourself
familiar with these to be able to use our services effectively and
successfully!
The IVolatility Jargon section explains some
terms widely used throughout the site. The FAQ sections also worth looking at - you might find
some of your questions answered here.
Though we
tried to make our services quite intuitive and easy to use, sometimes
you need a bit of advice using it. Every service on the site has a
quick intro page - please refer to the IVolatility services list to find a 'Detailed
information' link with service screenshots and description of the
service usage. For our most powerful and sophisticated services we also
provide detailed service guides available for download (Adobe Reader
required).
Sometimes the easiest way to find answer
to your question is to make use of the Site Search feature. We indexed all educational
content available on our site so you could quickly look up word or a
phrase.
If you have any questions or ideas you
would like to share with Ivolatiity.com members club - welcome to our Forum (broken into Methodology and IVolatility Services
sections).
Our newest addition is IVolatility RT
Spread Scanner blog with Bud Huslett. The Blog author is Bud Haslett -
veteran options trader with over 23 years of options experience
including 20 years as a market maker on the trading floor and three
years as an institutional options money manager.
Feel free to share with us your questions and ideas - our email is Support@IVolatility.com