Options implied volatility on Silver Wheaton Corp. is up 9.5% at 56.33% ahead of earnings.
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Options implied volatility on the stock is down 12.7% to arrive at 21.43% post earnings.
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Options implied volatility on Rockwell Collins is down 16.6% to stand at 17.9% in early-afternoon trade.
Options implied volatility on the stock dropped 18.5% this afternoon to 20.07%, post earnings.
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What remains when all these factors have been eliminated is the mystery ingredient implied volatility.
The ever-inventive financial sector has found ways to trade the difference between realised and implied volatility.
Options implied volatility on Disney rose 13.9% to 47.8% by 12:20 pm in New York trade.
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Options implied volatility on CAT is up 10.2% to stand at 30.20% in early-afternoon trade.
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Options implied volatility on Timberland Co. dropped 80.5% to 7.76% following news of the acquisition.
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Options implied volatility on EBAY is up 13.9% this afternoon to stand at 38.82%.
Options implied volatility on RIMM is down 18.9% post-earnings to stand at 52.20% as of 1:25pm.
Options implied volatility on the stock fell 13.0% to 69.87% by 1:00 pm EDT.
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Implied volatility surged 22% today to 41%, making Macy's one of today's biggest volatility climbers.
The Vix is not the only measure of implied volatility that currently indicates a pacific outlook.
Options implied volatility on SHW is down 8.9% to stand at 26.59% just before 12:50 pm ET.
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Strategists also benefit from subsiding levels of implied volatility on the stock and the passage of time.
Options implied volatility on the stock rose 9.9% to 58.34% by 1:10 pm in New York trade.
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Options implied volatility is lower by 3.0% this afternoon to arrive at 30.25% as of 1:15 pm.
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Options implied volatility on Toyota rose 7.5% this afternoon to stand at 33.17% by 12:55 pm ET.
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Helping the trader out hugely here is a doubling in the critical value of options implied volatility.
Options implied volatility on the stock jumped 28.4% to 87.9% in the first half of the session.
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Options implied volatility on Cemex is up 7% this afternoon to stand at 37.44% just after 2:00pm.
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With individual stocks, this "implied volatility" tends to match pretty closely with actual volatility over long time periods.
The overall reading of options implied volatility on Westport Innovations is up 10.4% at 55.10% just after 12:15pm.
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So it need not necessarily be that investors are complacent in allowing implied volatility to drift so low.
Options implied volatility on Nordstrom was down 20.9% to stand at 31.08% as of 11:20am in New York.
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The implied volatility in the put contract example, as well as the call contract example, are both approximately 27%.
The overall reading of options implied volatility on the diamond producer declined 11.6% to stand at 39.01% this afternoon.
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Options implied volatility on the retailer inched 4.6% higher this afternoon to 45.99%.
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Options implied volatility on Guess, Inc. rose 7.0% to 35.92% in early-afternoon trade.
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