Saturday, November 16, 2013

IV Rank Strategies

High IV Rank - over 50%


  • Sell premium and bank on vol contraction
  • Short OTM credit spreads
  • If bullish, short put spreads
  • If bearish, short call spreads
  • If neutral, short strangles and iron condors

Low IV Rank - under 50%


  • Buy premium and bank on vol expansion
  • OTM debit spreads have negative time decay!
  • Buy ATM debit spreads for less than intrinsic value to see positive theta

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