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Unlocking Greater Profits: How Our CallDex Can Boost Earnings

Unlocking Greater Profits: How Our CallDex Can Boost Earnings

by Scott Nations | Mar 24, 2025 | Education

  In the ever-evolving world of financial investments, finding strategies that enhance your profits is key. If you’re an investor familiar with covered calls, you know that selling these options can be a lucrative way to generate income. But what if there...
Stocks Bounce Back as Tariff Talk Fades

Stocks Bounce Back as Tariff Talk Fades

by Scott Nations | Mar 22, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Stocks Bounce Back as Tariff Talk Fades The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 gained 0.51% for the week despite a 1.07% loss on Tuesday. The S&P gained 1.08% on Wednesday after Fed Chair Jay...
Understand Implied Volatility for Better Options Trades

Understand Implied Volatility for Better Options Trades

by Scott Nations | Mar 20, 2025 | Education

TRANSCRIPT === [00:00:00] Introduction — Welcome. Our goal is to make you a better option trader so you can make more money. We’ll do that by quantifying what has been subjective in the option world so you can trade with knowledge and information rather...
Tariffs Continue To Take Their Toll Despite Friday’s Rally.

Tariffs Continue To Take Their Toll Despite Friday’s Rally.

by Scott Nations | Mar 15, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Tariffs Continue To Take Their Toll Despite Friday’s Rally. The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 fell 2.27% for the week after falling 3.10% during the previous week. The S&P was down 4.31% this...
Market has its worst week since September on tariff turmoil.

Market has its worst week since September on tariff turmoil.

by Scott Nations | Mar 8, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Market has its worst week since September on tariff turmoil. The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 fell 3.10% for the week. That is its worst weekly performance since September. The S&P fell...
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Translate Index Values To Implied Moves

To convert a 30-day index value to a projected move:

  • Daily: Divide by 16
  • Weekly: Divide by 7.2
  • Monthly: Divide by 3.5

Example: VolDex at 22. Divide 22/16 = 1.375. This forecasts the expected daily move of the underlying instrument to be 1.375% based upon the VolDex value.

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