Chapter 07 · The VIX Trading Bible · v1.0
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Skew, Wings & Crash Premium
Left-tail demand steepens skew and lifts wings — often before spot breaks.
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Further reading
- VOL RESEARCHTrump’s Russia Sanctions Waiver and the Saudi Oil ShockYou don’t show weakness to a rival, and you certainly don’t win a war by being weak. That is precisely what Trump is doing right now.
- VOL RESEARCHIV Crush Explained: Why Options Lose Value After EarningsEarnings options price the move in advance, and that premium disappears the moment results are out.
- VOL RESEARCHHow to Roll Options: What 36 Years of S&P 500 Data ShowWhen the strike was hit, S&P 500 short puts recovered half the time and short calls one time in four.
- VOL RESEARCHOptions Trading Strategies by Implied Volatility, Part 1Match each strategy to its volatility regime using IV Rank, the volatility risk premium, and term structure.
- VOL RESEARCHIron Butterfly Options Strategy: IV, Greeks and Real TradesThe iron butterfly profits only when implied volatility overprices the move that follows.
- VOL RESEARCHHigh IV vs Low IV: Implied Volatility Explained for Options TradersThe benchmarks are the contract’s own historical range, the realized volatility of the stock, and the term structure of the chain, and that diagnosis determines which Greeks are on