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Optionpit – Volatility Master Class
If you want to Master Volatility Like a Professional, this is THE COURSE to take
“Volatility is the most important and misunderstood facet of option trading, break through the fear of vol”
Instead… Sign Up For The One Volatility Course Every Trader Should Take…And Discover The TRUTH About Volatility And How To Trade It Successfully…
Option Pit’s Volatility Master Class
This Special Course will give traders actionable tools to trade Volatility
The focus of this ten-part course will be on trading volatility as an asset class in both implied volatility of the SPX Index and volatility products such as VIX and VXX. In order to maximize profit and reduce risk, traders will study entry points for various VIX levels as well as the different locations on the VIX future curve. Additionally, traders will learn how to control gamma by creating long gamma strategies to ride volatility trends and positive decay. Traders will learn how to optimize a vol trade for return and dispel common misconceptions regarding the VIX and vol products.
In this 10 session class Mark Sebastian, Founder of Option Pit, and Andrew Giovinazzi, C.O.O. of Option Pit, teach traders:
Learning to price realized volatility
– Understand how realized volatility works and how to build profitable trades around it
Optimizing option terms for vol trades and proper use of Vega as an asset
– Learn the importance of expiration date in position selection to optimize exposure to changes in volatility and time
– Master Vega Weighting and Vega sensitivity for all option terms and strikes
Maximizing time premium for Theta positive trade with the vol products.
– Use the volatility products to create positions that are long contracts but decay with positive theta due to VIX future erosion
Understand the VIX and VIX futures
– Learn the nuance of the VIX future term structure and what it is telling you about the market
VIX Futures contango and backwardation
– Create optimized trades in VIX and the Volatility ETP based on the relative levels for VIX futures to VIX cash
Trade selection based on VIX Zone for short and longer terms positions
– Quantify Volatility zones to optimize position selection for all markets
Utilizing the VIX options at the most opportune time
– Learn the value of VIX options strategy for both the Weeklys and mid term trades
Trading the VXX,UVXY, XIV and SVXY options for best efficiency and risk reward profile
– Use the volatility products to capture how they are designed rather than the conventional wisdom
SPY and Vol product pair trading to create long gamma but short volatility trades
– Learn to create self -financing portfolio hedging techniques using VIX, the Vol Products and the SPY for dynamic pair trading
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTORS:
Mark Sebastian: Founder
Mark Sebastian used to be a member of the American Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange. The author of “The Option Traders Hedge fund,” a well-known trading guidebook. He frequently appears as a guest on First Business News, Bloomberg, Fox Business News, and CNBC. Sebastian is a “all-star contributor” for TheStreet.com’s Option Profits Team, has been featured nationally on Yahoo Finance, and has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Bloomberg. Additionally, Mark serves as managing editor of the all-digital, all-options journal Expiring Monthly: The Option Traders Journal. In addition to co-hosting the well-liked Option Block Podcast and Volatility Views podcast, Mark has provided commentary for the CBOE, ISE, CME, and VOLX. Mark graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science.
Andrew Giovinazzi: Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Giovinazzi developed markets in the stock and index option classes while he was a member of the Pacific Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He never had a bad year throughout that time. Andrew founded and oversaw Group One, Ltd.’s Designated Primary Market Maker position in Chicago in 1991. He played a key role in developing and overseeing a training program that helped Group One, Ltd. expand the business considerably. In 2001, he co-founded Henry Capital Management after leaving Group One, Ltd. In the fall of 2011, he was promoted to the position of Chief Options Strategist and Option Pit Mentor. Andrew graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
