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Regarding the new Volatility Matrix page, I received absolutely no bug reports or improvement suggestions, so it seems that it is already perfect (!) Anyway, we have made a few cosmetic tweaks, including the addition of some social sharing buttons. Give it a try.
Hello from a tiny wooden table at the Whole Foods Market in San Mateo. I have yet another improvement for you on Slope: Price Cones. Here is the new menu item in SlopeCharts:
You will be pleased to know that our IV Rank feature, introduced fewer than 100 hours ago, has already been substantially improved.
Volatility, which SlopeCharts already has here, measures the implied volatility of a given financial instrument based upon its options pricing. The volatility varies from instrument to instrument, but for any one instrument, it’s the relative volatility that is of interest to us.
(more…)Over in the lunatic asylum of /WSB, there was a guy who decided to plow virtually the entirely of his account into, shall we say, a risky bet.
Specifically, he bought about $100,000 of out-of-the-money AMZN puts that expire next Friday. I know, right?
(more…)As announced last night, SlopeCharts now has IV Ranking charts, which is just about the coolest thing ever. Below, by way of example, I present ten different ETFs and their IV Rank charts. They each tell their own story and offer their own opportunities. Click any one for a big mofo.
