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+724 Part VI: Measuring and Trading Volatility 
+Even though a myriad of strategies and concepts have been presented so far, a com­
+mon thread among them is lacking. The one thing that ties all option strategies 
+together and allows one to make comparative decisions is volatility. In fact, volatility 
+is the most important concept in option trading. Oh, sure, if you're a great picker of 
+stocks, then you might be able to get by without considering volatility. Even then, 
+though, you'd be operating without full consideration of the main factor influencing 
+option prices and strategy. For the rest of us, it is mandatory that we consider volatil­
+ity carefully before deciding what strategy to use. In this section of the book, an 
+extensive treatment of volatility and volatility trading is presented. The first part 
+defines the terms and discusses some general concepts about how volatility can - and 
+should - be used. Then, a number of the more popular strategies, described earlier 
+in the book, are discussed from the vantage point of how they perform when implied 
+volatilities change. After that, volatility trading strategies are discussed - and these 
+are some of the most important concepts for option traders. A discussion is present­
+ed of how stock prices actually behave, as opposed to how investors perceive them to 
+behave, and then specific criteria and methodology for both buying and selling 
+volatility are introduced. 
+The information to be presented here is not overly theoretical. All of the con­
+cepts should be understandable by most option traders. Whether or not one chooses 
+to actually "trade volatility," it is nevertheless important for an option trader to under­
+stand the concepts that underlie the basic principles of volatility trading. 
+WHY TRADE 
+11
+THE MARKET"? 
+The "game" of stock market predicting holds appeal for many because one who can 
+do it seems powerful and intelligent. Everyone has his favorite indicators, analysis 
+techniques, or "black box" trading systems. But can the market really be predicted? 
+And if it can't, what does that say about the time spent trying to predict it? The 
+answers to these questions are not clear, and even if one were to prove that the mar­
+ket can't be predicted, most traders would refuse to believe it anyway. In fact, there 
+may be more than one way to "predict" the market, so in a certain sense one has to 
+qualify exactly what he is talking about before it can be determined if the market can 
+be predicted or not. 
+The astute option trader knows that market prediction falls into two categories: 
+(1) the prediction of the short-term movement of prices, and (2) the prediction of 
+volatility of the underlying. These are not independent predictions. For example, 
+anyone who is using a "target" is trying to predict both. That's pretty hard. Not only 
+do you have to be right about the direction of prices, but you also have to be able to