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Quick Update
Although I have been actively following the intraday markets, I have been slacking on my updates. I started my graduate program in the beginning of August and have not traded since then, until today. I have been reading, refining, and paper trading a new event-driven volatility trading strategy. The strategy revolves around earnings announcements and can provide handsome overnight returns.
Aside from this new strategy, I have taken the time to really delve into my studying of implied volatility and skew. Trading with this new found knowledge gives me more confidence when structuring different spreads. I’ll be updating my excel charts and posting different perspective shortly.
Good thing I took a break during the months of August and September because the markets have been anything but easy. My following post will touch on the basics of the event-driven volatility trading strategy using a position that I initiated today on YUM. Stay tuned…