http://www.ivolatility.com/options.j?ticker=amd&R=0&top_lookup__is__sent=1 Why does it give two different values for the IV? One on the left...
So, where is a good site to get the IV for particular options?
I think I'm following now. I appreciate everyone taking time to break this down to me. However, you lost me on the 1 standard deviation. :P
Heh, you lost me on the probabilty of 68%. Where did you get that value? Gotcha on the actual trading days. Makes sense.
I 'think' its coming together now. :) Please assess my enlightened understanding with my summary below. I do a lot of covered call selling....
Oops. 50/16*sqrt36=18.75% So, the market thinks there is a 50% chance that the share price will be within 18.75% of today's price in 36...
So, two options with the same price, same volume, same everything, but with different option premiums. You can't look at the two and make the...
So, based upon WayneL's response... and this option AMD 21.24 AMDAW Jan '07 17.50 C 4.21 2.21 1 0.50 50/16*sqrt2=4.419% So, the market...
Maybe this will help out. This is data from optionstoolbox for AMD sorted by IV. The last column is the IV.
Ok, it was a bad example, but an example nonetheless. :P Using your example, assuming they are the same strike and expiration, I would guess...
I'm not offended. I've started reading a couple books, but to be quite honest, my eyes start to glaze when it starts talking about the option...
This was using yesterday's closing data. It wasn't supposed to be a realtime example, just an example.
That analysis is helpful. I'm more interested in buy-write scenarios. So, I would need to know specifically how IV benefits in those particular...
Lets look at this stock for example: CVC Cablevision Systems Corporation Stock was at: $28.41 Looking at the $30.00 strike options (CVCLF)...
Can someone explain to me how to interpret IV? I tried to do research on the web to get a better grasp of this concept, but it always seems to...
:eek: I'm rich!!!
Have any alternatives other than the ones I posted? Only one that I found that was free was the optionsbuddy one. I'm curious as to what...
I considered posting there initially, but I thought it fit better in the Resources section due to the description of this forum: "Talk about...
Just for followup, here's some of the ones I've found so far on google: www.optionmonitor.com - $34.95 a month www.optionfind.com - $15.00 a...
What sites do you use for analyzing potential covered call plays? I know there's quite a few programs out there (googled), but was interested...
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