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 ...

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 ...

With the rise in volatility within markets, it is important to understand what implied volatility is and how it can be used as a tool when it comes to trading. According to the CFA institute, implied ...

As an options trader, I am always on the lookout for potential earnings plays. One stock that caught my attention is CrowdStrike, due to a significant difference in implied volatility of options for ...

In financial markets, we all understand volatility as something very unstable and very bad. In the case of equities, stocks that have volatile earnings tend to get low P/E valuations in the market.