Options Playbook Radio 35: Straddles and Strangles, Continued.

Published: Oct. 31, 2014, 4:10 p.m.

Options Playbook Radio 35: Straddles and Strangles, Continued.

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Options Playbook Radio is back and today we are on pages 68 and 70. For those of you playing along online, you can find these topics at OptionsPlaybook.com.

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Today Brian discusses:

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  • What does the math say about Facebook earnings
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  • Looking at the FB straddle
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  • Why do investors use it?
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  • How do weekly options impact it?
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  • Quick and dirty formula on p. 17 of the book
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  • What are volatility and probability telling us with the math?
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  • Using a real-life example with FB\xa0
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  • Real world versus what is \u201csupposed\u201d to happen
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  • And more\u2026
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