Hard to wrap my head around alot of the options strategies

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magnum29464

I've known and understood the basics of options for years. After rereading the john bender portion of stock market wizards I decided to get a better grasp of options as a whole and am having a difficult time. when I see these probability distribution equations I feel like I'm in the wrong class. I also don't completely understand the implied volitility concept. what exactly does it show?

anyone willing to help or point me to a good starting place for these more advanced options ideas i would appreciate it.

have people found significant edges using these formulas and strategies? john bender seems to have been pretty successful with them...
 
Larry (Lawrence) McMillan
Options As a Strategic Investment

It's the bible of options. Everything you need is in there. I was introduced to it by SOX market maker(Darkstar Trading). Trainees were required to read it.
 
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I've known and understood the basics of options for years. After rereading the john bender portion of stock market wizards I decided to get a better grasp of options as a whole and am having a difficult time. when I see these probability distribution equations I feel like I'm in the wrong class. I also don't completely understand the implied volitility concept. what exactly does it show?

anyone willing to help or point me to a good starting place for these more advanced options ideas i would appreciate it.

have people found significant edges using these formulas and strategies? john bender seems to have been pretty successful with them...
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To answer your question on implied volatility.

Implied volatility is the volatility (one of the 6 variables required to price an option, and the only unknown variable) that is implied in the current market price of an option. Essentially, you take a pricing model such as Black-Scholes and then backtrack using the market price of an option to get the volatility. Implied volatility is the market's estimate of future volatility.

However, I suggest you read the books recommended by others.
 
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successful options trading seems pretty difficult.
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successful trading of anything seems pretty difficult to the unenlightened.

but the dark ages was a thousand years behind us; there are books in the library, forums on the internet, courses to be taken, etc. Known knowledge is never too difficult to learn.
 
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