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Chapter 39: VolatiDty Trading Techniques 845
lying instrument. Upon finding such discrepancies, the trader attempts to take
advantage by constructing a more or less neutral position, preferring not to predict
price so much, but rather attempting to predict volatility.
Most volatility traders attempt to buy volatility rather than sell it, for the rea­
sons that the strategies inherent in doing so have limited risk and large potential
rewards, and don't require one to monitor them continuously. If one owns a straddle,
any major market movements resulting in gaps in prices are a benefit. Hence, mon­
itoring of positions as little as just once a day is sufficient, a fact that means that the
volatility buyer can have a life apart from watching a trading screen all day long. In
addition, volatility buyers of stock options can avail themselves of the chaotic move­
ments that stocks can make, taking advantage of the occasional fat tail movements.
However, since volatility and prices are so unstable, one cannot predict their
movements with any certainty. The vagaries of historical volatility as compared to
implied volatility, the differences between the implied volatility of short- and long­
term options, and the difficulty in predicting stock price distributions all compli­
cate the process of predicting volatility. Hence, volatility trading is not a "lock," but
its practitioners normally believe that it is by far the best approach to theoretical
option trading available today. Moreover, most option professionals primarily trade
volatility rather than directional positions.