Top Traders Unplugged cover image

GM40: The Risk of Volatility Exploding...Soon ft. Cem Karsan

Top Traders Unplugged

00:00

The Unpinning of Volatility

The way fixed-reg vol works, right, calls get priced on a lower implied volatility. When that happens and this vol gets very pinned, that means dealers are long vol now. If you can squeeze, keep going up high enough, that implied vol slides down to a level naturally where people will start to say, wait a second, I'll replace my stock with calls. And so that's kind of what you're looking for into this final move. That would be the quickest route to a reversal and a matching of the secular effects with positioning.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app