Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Volatilities - II

Implied Volatility is used to determine the expected move of the underlying. IV as a metric represents a 1 standard deviation expected move in the underlying for the next year. We can also estimate expected moves for various time frames using this formula

1SD Move = Price * IV * sqrt(DTE/365)
where DTE is Days to expiration

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