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 ...

Investors in Airgain, Inc. AIRG need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Jan. 16, 2026 $2.5 Put had some of the highest implied ...

In this video, we explore the difference between implied and realized volatility, how the VIX reflects market expectations, and why the “rule of sixteen” helps translate volatility into daily price ...

Earnings crush is the fall in implied volatility (IV) after earnings is announced. Typically, earnings announcements cause the price of the stock to move more than normal. The move will have more ...

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 ...

Discover how institutional investors in 2025 leveraged options trading to stabilize Bitcoin's volatility, leading to ...

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The derivative income Morningstar Category added over $34 billion in 2024, totaling more than $110 billion in assets under management. Investors diligently poured money into an ever-growing lineup of ...

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 ...