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SpotGamma Academy

• Junior Trader
• Senior Trader
• Portfolio Manager
  

Junior Trader
Junior traders execute simple options trades and understand the basic principals of how option premium behaves
LEARN HOW TO:

• Analyze call and put options profit profiles
• Understand the variables that determine an options price
• Differentiate between intrinsic and time value
• Read an options chain and compare pricing of different strikes and maturities
  

Senior Trader
Senior traders convert ideas into positions and quantify risk-reward of options positions by evaluating the impacts of all the Greeks
LEARN HOW TO:

• Evaluate each of the key Greeks and their role in risk management
• Appreciate the role market-makers have on stock price movement through Delta hedging
• Differentiate between realized and implied volatility and the Greeks associated with each
  

• Apply multi-dimensional scenarios to spot price, time, and volatility to project the path of an options value
  

Portfolio Manager
Portfolio Managers generate original ideas, optimize implementation and manage risk
LEARN HOW TO:

• Interpret the shape of the term structure
• Understand forward implied volatility and how it applies to VIX futures
• Assess volatility skew, why it exists and how it informs you about tail risk in a certain asset
  

• Understand second order Greeks including Vanna and Charm and the impact they have on markets due to dealer positioning
• Implement new trading strategies including spreads, ratios and butterflies
• Trade volatility and skew via straddles and collars
• Identify and trade gamma squeezes before and after the fact