It's pretty common
for people to approach us with questions about the right time to trade
iron condors, and one of the most common assumptions they make is that
it's better to trade condors in low volatility, non-trending environments. This is an understandable assumption, but it's totally false. The best time to trade condors is in high volatility environments, regardless of the trend. So there are actually two points to be made here.
1. High volatility is your friend
Now we could talk about the nice, fat premiums you can get when fear is high and others are acting cowardly. But instead...
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