We noticed equity implied volatilities did not experience the pop that index implied volatilities experienced last week.

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Large-cap stocks that have been around a long time tend to move less than small-cap stocks, and therefore tend to have lower implied volatilities.

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He can access a world of information from four flat-panel screens, tracking stock and options prices, spreadsheets on implied volatilities, newsfeeds from Reuters, Bloomberg, Bridge and more.

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Since the Dow is composed of 30 large-cap companies that tend to have low implied volatilities, I assumed it would have been most profitable to buy options on these stocks.

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So, when observing the VIX, the "fear factor" is determined by the degree in which SPX implied volatilities, as measured by the VIX, are priced above the actual (historical) volatility of the SPX.

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