The CNN Fear and Greed Index is a composite market sentiment indicator that aggregates seven distinct market data points into a single score from 0 to 100. For…
Options skew is the difference in implied volatility (IV) across strike prices at the same expiration date. In SPX, out-of-the-money puts consistently carry…
IV Percentile is the more statistically robust way to measure whether implied volatility is elevated: it counts what percentage of trading days in the past…
The iron condor is a premium-selling strategy, which means the implied volatility (IV) environment at entry has an outsized effect on every key outcome —…
What Is Implied Volatility? Implied volatility (IV) is the market's forward-looking estimate of how much an asset's price will move over a given period,…
Best Market Conditions for Trading Iron Condors The best market conditions for iron condors are: VIX between 18–30, implied volatility exceeding realized…
The VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) is a real-time measure of the market's expectation for S&P 500 volatility over the next 30 days. For options traders, it is one…