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The Volatility Beast Rises

— China economic contagion

— watch vol crush in rallies

— tech is down but not out

— volatility backwardation is close

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— a rally in bonds?

— economic slowdown? oil takes a hit

Get your trade on– This week’s Profits and Losses

-Closed /MES calls 50% gain

-Closed UAL in/out spread 55% gain

-Opened new IPS /ES, /MES, and SPY

-Opened short puts in /ZB

-Opened Catapult in GOOGL vs /ES

SPX Expected Move–

~~-last week-~~ 65.75 (expected move 5 day week)

~~-next week-~~ 79.28 (expected move 5 day week)

Don Kaufman

Don Kaufman is options trader and educator. Former CBOE market maker, former Chief Derivatives Instructor at thinkorswim, and former Director of the Trader Group at TD Ameritrade. In 2015 he co-founded TheoTrade to teach traders how volatility, probability, and risk really work.

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Volatility Strikes Back

	Today
09.00	Don Kaufman \| Pre-Market Prep \| FREE SESSION 09.20 09.30 Don Kaufman \| Early volatility 09.20 10.30
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10.30	Jeff Bierman \| Market structure 10.30 11.30
11.00	Jeff Bierman \| Market structure 10.30 11.30
11.30	Brandon Chapman \| Ghost Hour 11.30 12.30
12.00	Brandon Chapman \| Ghost Hour 11.30 12.30
12.30	Gianni Di Poce \| Macro overview 12.30 13.15 Elizabeth \| Price Action 13.15 14.00
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14.00	Corey Rosenbloom \| Options tactics 14.00 15.00
14.30	Corey Rosenbloom \| Options tactics 14.00 15.00
15.00	Blake Young \| Market wrap 15.00 16.00
15.30	Blake Young \| Market wrap 15.00 16.00