Yikes.
Wow
Unreal.
So S&P expected to move up or down 23.09% over the next 30 day period . . .
meh…
Well are people buying more puts or calls? There’s one small indicator.
projectplatnyc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So S&P expected to move up or down 23.09% over the > next 30 day period . . . Is there an easy way to calculate or approximate this given the VIX number? Thanks.
Dwight Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > projectplatnyc Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > So S&P expected to move up or down 23.09% over > the > > next 30 day period . . . > > > Is there an easy way to calculate or approximate > this given the VIX number? > > Thanks. 80/(square root of 12)
Dwight Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > projectplatnyc Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > So S&P expected to move up or down 23.09% over > the > > next 30 day period . . . > > > Is there an easy way to calculate or approximate > this given the VIX number? > > Thanks. well VIx is just annualized vol. so 80 = X*(12^.5), where X is monthly SD. however it’s a close estimate b/c of S&P Dividend Yield and RFR.
He just took the 80% Annual Volatility and divided it by the Square root of 12 to get the monthly volatility of 23.09%.
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