when the straddle = spot there is still gamma, so hedgers would still bid it past $100 assuming vol is expected to be higher. At 200 there no longer any gamma. So it never gets there. Is there any real world examples of 500+ vol on a 1 year? Curious to see how atm straddle was being priced!
@KrisAbdelmessih@curtcarlson99 Curt has an interesting point. If the straddle trades above $100 you can buy the stock and sell the straddle for an arb at the terminal value if you can absorb the mark to market pnl. So maybe it wouldnโt trade much higher than $100 at infinite vol?
Event vol for the earnings week expo on these AI names are at levels I canโt believe. Does anyone know whatโs going on there? $MU, $ASML, $TSM Iโm in size and getting ๐จ๐จ
@choffstein This is probably the biggest finding I had earlier this year. If you have a J O B, you should be punching leverage quite a bit with a portfolio made of unique risk premiums as you can withstand a significant drawdown due to your โcouponโ. If I had a J O B, Iโd be running 30 vol
@Alpha_Ex_LLC pretty absurd eh dean. Did you see the 2 year vol on MU(91)? Reminds me of TSLA peak frenzy 2022. Even then, TSLA only printed an 80 handle on the 2 year.
Hey dean, huge fan and long term listener of the pod. I have made some nice coin off your ideas over the years. I was wondering if you could get traders and PMโs back on the pod specifically in the vol space. People similar to Mark Friedman. Thanks again for all the ideas and content you share
im in the 70/185 strangles. Your vega is pretty stable in a wide range (especially to the upside). No need to adjust strikes. If it really runs away from you, you'd have to adjust. FWIW im only in the puts because the delta < vega exposure at those strikes. So they have been rallying with spot