Dan Sheridan – Volatility Levels Deep Dive with Jay

Instructor: Dan Sheridan with Jay
Course Format: On-Demand Video Course (Recorded Live Sessions)
Skill Level: Advanced Options Traders

Course Overview:
In the Volatility Levels Deep Dive, Dan Sheridan and Jay take traders through a comprehensive exploration of volatility and how it impacts options pricing, strategy selection, and overall market dynamics. Understanding volatility is crucial for any advanced options trader, as it affects everything from the pricing of options to the adjustment of positions. In this course, you’ll dive deep into volatility levels, implied volatility, and historical volatility to learn how to anticipate market conditions, choose the right strategies, and manage risk effectively.

Volatility is a key factor that can make or break a trade. In this course, you’ll learn how to navigate different volatility environments, from low to high volatility, and understand how these conditions can shift your strategy choices. Whether you’re looking to optimize a Butterfly, Iron Condor, Straddle, or other options strategies, this course teaches you how to tailor your approach based on volatility levels and leverage the unique opportunities each volatility regime presents.

By the end of this deep dive, you’ll have a thorough understanding of how to interpret volatility indicators, adjust your positions based on volatility shifts, and optimize your strategies for both bullish and bearish market conditions.

What You’ll Learn:
✔️ The core concepts of volatility: what it is, how it’s measured, and how it influences options pricing and strategy
✔️ How Implied Volatility (IV) and Historical Volatility (HV) interact and impact market movements
✔️ The relationship between volatility and time decay: how volatility affects the life of an option
✔️ How to interpret volatility indicators, including the VIX, and use them to predict market trends and adjust your strategies
✔️ How to assess volatility levels in both bullish and bearish markets and adjust your strategy accordingly
✔️ How to leverage volatility levels to select the right options strategy at the right time, such as Straddles, Butterflies, Iron Condors, and Calendar Spreads
✔️ How to manage volatility risk in your portfolio, using techniques such as volatility skew and volatility spreads
✔️ The impact of volatility crush and how to prepare for it when trading earnings announcements or other high-volatility events
✔️ How to adjust options positions when volatility levels change, and how to avoid common mistakes in different volatility regimes
✔️ Real-world examples of trades in different volatility environments, including low volatility, high volatility, and elevated market conditions
✔️ The psychological side of trading in varying volatility levels: how to stay disciplined and adapt your mindset to different market conditions
✔️ How to combine implied volatility analysis with other technical indicators for more robust trading decisions
✔️ Advanced methods for calculating volatility risk premium and how to profit from it
✔️ When and how to protect positions against unexpected volatility shifts, using tools like options hedging and dynamic adjustments

Course Includes:
✔️ Full access to recorded live sessions with Dan and Jay, offering real-time insights into how to trade in different volatility environments
✔️ Downloadable resources, including volatility calculators, trade plans, and checklists to help you manage your trades with volatility in mind
✔️ Detailed breakdowns of volatility metrics and how to use them to optimize your strategies
✔️ Practical case studies of live trades, demonstrating how volatility levels affect options pricing and how to adjust trades accordingly
✔️ Bonus content on adjusting positions during volatility spikes and managing short-term volatility trades
✔️ Step-by-step examples of successful trades in both high and low volatility environments, showing you how to spot opportunities and avoid risks
✔️ Insights on how to adjust and hedge trades when volatility increases unexpectedly, including dynamic volatility management
✔️ Advanced volatility models and calculations for understanding volatility premiums, volatility skew, and how to maximize your profits from volatility
✔️ How to use volatility to create risk-reduced strategies while still capturing profitable market movements

Why Choose Volatility Levels Deep Dive?
Volatility is the heartbeat of options trading. Understanding it, and how it moves, is key to building a sustainable and profitable trading strategy. The Volatility Levels Deep Dive equips you with the tools to trade in any volatility environment, whether the market is calm, spiking, or entering a period of crush.

By focusing on both implied and historical volatility, this course helps you develop a dynamic approach to trading, allowing you to adjust strategies as volatility levels change. Whether you’re looking to profit from low volatility through time decay or capitalize on the volatility premium in high volatility, the tools and techniques shared in this course will elevate your ability to trade options successfully in any market condition.

Who This Course Is For:

• Advanced options traders who already understand the basics of options but want to deepen their knowledge of volatility and its effect on strategy
• Traders looking to refine their risk management skills by better understanding and adapting to volatility shifts
• Investors who want to leverage volatility as a profitable tool and adjust their options strategies for different market conditions
• Those interested in improving their trade timing based on volatility levels, and knowing when to execute specific strategies (like Butterflies, Straddles, Iron Condors, and more)
• Experienced traders wanting to learn how to hedge against volatility risk, whether it’s from market events or changing economic conditions
• Those who want to gain a better understanding of volatility indicators like VIX, IV, and HV, and how they can be used to predict and profit from volatility
• Investors looking for advanced volatility techniques to maximize profit potential and minimize downside risk during periods of market turbulence

About Dan Sheridan:
Dan Sheridan is an options trading veteran with over 30 years of experience in the markets. As a former market maker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the founder of Sheridan Options Mentoring, Dan has helped thousands of traders refine their strategies for success. His teaching focuses on providing clear, actionable techniques that allow traders to make smarter decisions and manage risk effectively. Dan specializes in advanced strategies that leverage probability-based options trading, and has a particular expertise in managing volatility in any market condition.

Jay, an experienced options trader and educator, brings valuable expertise in volatility analysis and trading. Together with Dan, Jay will guide you through complex volatility concepts, making them accessible and actionable for traders at any level.