Once upon a time I used to be an active stock and options trader. But then I discovered crypto currencies and never looked back… NOT!!! Actually trading stock options still is my bread & butter up to this day and I just so happen to be good at it.
One of the things I love the most about quant trading, and digging into the numbers, is how it can often lead you in completely unexpected directions, some of them with significant profit potential.
You guys know I’ve been all over volatility, the realized and the implied kind, for a good part of this decade now. If you curious as to the reasons for my volatile obsession then the most salient one is that volatility is much easier to predict than signed returns. I’ve covered that topic in exhaustive detail over the past few years and today we’re actually going to put it to work.
Seeing the E-Mini in the green after holding it over the weekend is definitely a good way to start your Monday and I strongly recommend it. What’s more important however is a little epiphany I had this morning when I was staring at the E-Mini’s volatility panel. The indicator I use is something I hacked up a few years ago but I could never really find out how to turn it into a system. Until today that is.