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The volatility skew, also known as the smile, represents an option’s implied volatility given different strike prices or delta values.
The Black-Scholes model assumes constant volatility throughout the life of an option, yet, the underlying may behave differently depending on where it’s trading.
For example, if cryptocurrencies were to drop 50% tomorrow (or double in value), the volatility would probably increase, therefore, out-of-money strikes and deltas are typically priced with richer volatilities.
A good way of measuring skew is by calculating the ratio of an out-of-money option versus an at-the-money option. This relationship typically changes in low-volatility environments versus high-volatility environments.
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The Black-Scholes model assumes constant volatility throughout the life of the option. Volatility is known to “Cluster”, meaning low and high volatility periods are clustered together. Because of this, the average volatility over the life of the option will be different given the current volatility environment and how much time is left until expiration.
Usually, high volatility environments will have higher implied volatilities for short-term options versus long-term options, pricing a revision to the mean.
The inverse is true for low-volatility environments.
A good way of measuring term structure is by measuring the ratio of short-term versus long-term option implied volatility.
Open Interest reflects the number of outstanding contracts in the market. Each contract has a buyer and a seller.
Usually, market makers post bids and asks for contracts in the marketplace, frequently updating their quotes. Once a market participant trades against one of these quotes a contract comes into existence. This increases both the market maker's inventory as well as the market participant’s inventory.
Note, market makers are not necessarily involved, sometimes two participants will meet in the middle and trade together, increasing open interest.
Trades can also decrease open interest or leave it unaffected, this depends on how the trade affects overall inventory.
We can see the total open interest for each option expiration cycle.
This allows traders to quickly identify liquidity by finding where most activity occurred.
Change in OI compares OI between now and the past 24hrs.
All contracts that have expired between comparison dates are excluded. Meaning, only the change in OI for non-expired contracts are tallied
Open Interest reflects the number of outstanding contracts in the market. Each contract has a buyer and a seller.Usually, market makers post bids and asks for contracts in the marketplace, frequently updating their quotes. Once a market participant trades against one of these quotes a contract comes into existence. This increases both the market maker's inventory as well as the market participant’s inventory.
Note, market makers are not necessarily involved, sometimes two participants will meet in the middle and trade together, increasing open interest.
Trades can also decrease open interest or leave it unaffected, this depends on how the trade affects overall inventory.
Times & Sales data will reflect actual trades.
This is useful for traders to monitor the flow.