Trading Options in Turbulent Markets: Master Uncertainty through Active Volatility Management, 2nd Edition

Introduction

The United States used to be a good place to make assumptions.

Young men and women were admitted to college without creating marketing videos of themselves and without pledging their teenaged years to an extracurricular cloister. College arrived, and college led to graduation (four years), a cubicle, modest debt, spouse, offspring, real estate, health insurance, trips to Disneyland. Nurses and math teachers did not need resumes. Single-family homes increased in value every year. That’s written in the Bible somewhere. People in their 50s and 60s owned homes that were paid off. If you had been working somewhere for 20 years or more you could safely hide in your office until you turned 65, and at that point, with your golden years ahead, ...