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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
Article
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
Article
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
Article
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
Article
Profiting From Cyprus Volatility
With markets down today on news from Cyprus, Jared Woodard of Condor Options says it looks like a perfect opportunity for all of the would-be dip-buyers who have been waiting for a market entry.
09:44AM 03/18/13
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Why the VIX-VXV Relationship is Mostly Noise
Jared Woodard of Condor Options explains the popular VIX-VXV sentiment indicator and why it is not useful for calling market tops.
08:06AM 03/15/13
Article
How the Zaky Apple Investors Could Have Saved Themselves
An intuitive, simple approach to risk management will allow you weather any kind of market.
09:48AM 03/12/13