In a misconception about harvesting volatility, you learn that you do NOT need to scalp the gamma to isolate the vol…
In a random walk where trials are independent, variance scales linearly with time. Since standard deviation is the square root…
US bond yields are rising as inflation re-enters the conversation. The 10-year yield is up to 4.65% and 30-year bonds…
A well-supported and common belief in the options world is that there is a premium of implied volatility to realized…
In this issue: cross the “bridge of asses” scaling laws of risk reduction “research collector” skill The “Bridge of Asses”…
Vivek emailed me a simple question after reading yesterday’s does revenue seasonality translate to vol seasonality? post: Why not just compute volatility from…
Last month H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) sold off hard on AI fears. Implied volatility soared to a new 1-year high.…
Here’s how high vol works against you It's too expensive to buy puts to trade directionally once an asset has…
This week, I hosted class #4 of the Investment Beginnings for local kids aged 12+. The series’ materials are here: https://notion.moontowermeta.com/investment-beginnings-course This…
EWY, the South Korea ETF, was an interesting source of disagreement in our Discord about whether the vol was expensive…