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CBOE Looks Great but Should Pause Here
Jared Woodard of Condor Options reviews first quarter earnings for CBOE including VIX futures volume and presents a short-term neutral trade on the exchange.
07:47AM 05/10/13
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Jared Woodard of Condor Options surveys the volatility environment in several major assets including U.S. and international equities, gold, the euro, and the yen.
07:26AM 05/03/13
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Apple Won't Let Investors Back In
Shares have rallied 15% since the April 19 low. Jared Woodard of Condor Options recommends a strategy that looks for a flat-to-higher stock price and lower implied volatility.
08:47AM 05/01/13
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Trading Japan on Higher Inflation
Jared Woodard of Condor Options reviews the Bank of Japan's updated CPI outlook, the disappointing March 2013 CPI release, and the volatility environment for Japanese equities.
10:12AM 04/26/13
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Strategies for the S&P and VIX
Jared Woodard of Condor Options takes a look at how SPX traded from early March to last Friday and which strategies worked, giving us a good sense for the character of this market.
08:21AM 04/23/13
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Buy Volatility as Mexican Fundamentals Weaken
Jared Woodard of Condor Options reviews softening economic fundamentals in Mexico and notes that cheap option implied volatility presents a good opportunity for investors looking to hedge existing exposure or for an outright speculative bearish play.
01:00PM 04/12/13
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Delta is one of the risk variables that we use to describe a position. Jared Woodard explains what it means and puts it into real life context.
03:51PM 04/10/13
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VIX: Has Vol-of-Vol Stopped Working?
Jared Woodard of Condor Options believes short vol-of-vol strategies will return to form this year.
10:26AM 04/08/13
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Option Implied Volatility is Big in Japan
Jared Woodard of Condor Options looks at the market reaction to this week's Bank of Japan meeting and at why investors should be cautious about expensive options on Japanese equities.
07:15AM 04/05/13
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Jared Woodard of Condor Options checks on implied volatility term structure and IV skew.
10:55AM 03/22/13