Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist, Clifton Derivatives

John Ley

Ex-Portfolio Manager with over 25 years of derivatives experience across products and geographies. Specializing in all things Vol - Relative Value volatility trading, Cross-Asset volatility strategies and event handicapping and trading. Develops own proprietary trading tools and analysis.  
Previously: Options Specialist and Market Maker at BMO, Managing Director Global Equity Derivatives at TDS. Most recently, Portfolio Manager of volatility portfolio at Polar Aset Management Partners (> $USD 7 billion multi-strategy hedge fund) focusing on cross-asset relative value volatility and derivative fund overlays.

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist

EQD | Kospi Index Options Weekly - December 23 - 27

EQD | KOSPI 200 Index – Buy January Straddle

EQD | Asia December Vol Roadmap - The Big Exhale

EQD | Hong Kong Index Options Weekly - HSI and HSCEI

Clifton Derivatives

Independent derivative and volatility research firm focusing on events/catalysts, earnings, relative value and cross asset volatility strategies.

Event-Driven

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<li>NKY looks to be playing catch-up with USD/JPY, rising 4.03% on the week and breaking out of recent range after not moving much in the first half of the month.</li>
<li>Implied volatility continues to slide lower with 1M implied vol down 2.5 points on the week.</li>
<li>Call volumes larger than Put volumes for the first time in a while on Fridays 1.80% price surge.</li>
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NKY looks to be playing catch-up with USD/JPY, rising 4.03% on the week and breaking out of recent range after not moving much in the first half of the month.
Implied volatility continues to slide lower with 1M implied vol down 2.5 points on the week.
Call volumes larger than Put volumes for the first time in a while on Fridays 1.80% price surge.


EQD | Nikkei Index Options Weekly - December 23 - 27

Nikkei 225

EQD | Nikkei Index Options Weekly - December 23 - 27