Mike scans the large cap names for anything red on the day and lands on Apple, where implied volatility is sitting close to its lowest reading of the year. That makes long premium unusually cheap, so he builds a call diagonal, buying the further out month and selling the expected move against it.
The more useful half comes after. Before the position has moved at all, he tests what a volatility collapse would do to it, then walks through three separate adjustments he could make if Apple goes against him. Education, not a recommendation.
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Chapters
00:00 How he found the trade
00:35 Why Apple's volatility stands out
01:05 Picking the long option
01:39 Selling at the expected move
02:33 What the curve shows
03:25 Putting volatility on the chart
04:10...