IV Crush
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When earnings season rolls around, options traders start watching volatility levels like hawks. Stocks like TSLA, AAPL, and NVDA often see implied volatility (IV) surge in the days before results,
If you trade options, you’ve probably experienced this: you nail the direction of a stock, it moves in your favour, and yet your option loses money. That’s IV Crush in
If you’ve ever bought a call or put option before earnings—and the stock moved your way but you still lost money—you’ve experienced IV Crush.It’s confusing. Frustrating. Even feels like a