137: The Ultimate Guide To Option Skew & Volatility Smile

Published: Aug. 1, 2018, 6 a.m.

Show notes: http://optionalpha.com/show137

Implied volatility in option pricing is one of the most critical and yet least understood aspects of this business. Today show focuses on a deep dive into options skew and the volatility smile for both inter-month and intra-month option contracts.\xa0 in addition, we'll talk very specifically about the impact of skew as expiration approaches and how Vega for near-term option contracts increases dramatically which can make it seem like option skew is predicting a huge move right before expiration - but is it really the case, and does this "predictive power" work in reality?\xa0