Risk Management When Options Go Wrong Risk Management Assignment Surprises One of the most common shocks for beginners is being unexpectedly assigned on a short option position. What is Assignment? When you sell an option, you take on an… Understanding Beta Volatility, Risk Management What Beta Measures: The Basics At its most basic, beta is a measure of how an asset’s returns correlate to the market. If a stock has a beta of 1.0, it means it tends to move one-for-one with the… After Hours Trading Essentials Risk Management What Actually Closes at 4:00 p.m. EST? The official “cash session” for the U.S. stock market runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. This is when the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASD… Manage Risk Ahead Of Holidays Risk Management 1) What Actually Closes? To manage holiday risk effectively, know exactly which parts of the market shut down and which remain partially active. Major equity markets like the NYSE and NASDAQ a… Spot Up, Vol Up: A Warning Risk Management Understanding the “Spot Up, Vol Up” Phenomenon Under normal conditions, the relationship between equity prices and implied volatility is inverse. As markets rise, fear subsides and volatility comp… What is Kurtosis, and how can it help us manage risk Risk Management 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 are… Value at Risk and Realized Volatility Risk Management 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, an…
