📕 Knowledge Base What is Kurtosis, and how can it help us manage risk The Option Market and Market Makers We often hear the word Kurtosis on X or when people are talking about options and probabilities. This article will help us understand this concept. Will explain what the three different Kurtosis ar… Delta Hedging Effect of Volatility The Option Market and Market Makers As part of the Delta Hedging series we are now going to focus on the effects that Volatility has on Delta. Previously we wrote about the effects that the movement of spot has on the delta hedging a… Delta Hedging Cheatsheet The Option Market and Market Makers In this guide we are going to show you our Delta Hedging Checklist, look at the Delta Hedging Mechanism and why Gamma Levels are key to better manage your trading plan. For those who are used to… How to build a custom Option Chain Table in Thinkorswim The Option Market and Market Makers This document walks through the creation of a custom option chain table in Thinkorswim. The custom fields we will be adding are: OI Change – The change in OI from yesterday to today OI – Tod… Value at Risk and Realized Volatility The Option Market and Market Makers Today we cover two important concepts that a trader should understand. One is Value at Risk also known as VaR and the other one is realized Volatility. We will walk you through these two concepts, … Volatility The Option Market and Market Makers Volatility refers to the degree of variation in the price of a financial instrument (such as a stock, currency pair, or commodity) over time. It is a statistical measure of the dispersion of return… Vanna in Options Trading The Option Market and Market Makers In this article we are going to look at how the delta of the market maker changes based on greeks and spot price. It is a good time to cover this, because there is a lot of volatility in the market… Positive and Negative Gamma The Option Market and Market Makers It is very important for Traders and Investors to understand the difference between Positive and Negative Gamma when trading any asset, because these gamma conditions can significantly impact their… Delta Hedging The Option Market and Market Makers Delta Hedging is a risk management strategy commonly used in options trading to offset or minimize the directional risk associated with an options position. It involves adjusting the posi…
