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<p><b>QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES.</b></p> <p>1. Crisis and Chaos in Financial Markets.</p> <p>2. Volatility in the Stock Market.</p> <p>3. Historical Volatility.</p> <p>4. Trading Historical Volatility.</p> <p>5. The World of Stock Options.</p> <p>6. Implied Volatility.</p> <p>7. VIX and Other Sentiment Indicators.</p> <p>8. Exploiting Low Volatility.</p> <p>9. Exploiting High Volatility.</p> <p>10. Volatility Skews.</p> <p><b>SOLUTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.</b></p> <p>1. Crisis and Chaos in Financial Markets.</p> <p>2. Volatility in the Stock Market.</p> <p>3. Historical Volatility.</p> <p>4. Trading Historical Volatility.</p> <p>5. The World of Stock Options.</p> <p>6. Implied Volatility.</p> <p>7. VIX and Other Sentiment Indicators.</p> <p>8. Exploiting Low Volatility.</p> <p>9. Exploiting High Volatility.</p> <p>10. Volatility Skews.</p> <p>APPENDIX: Paper Trading Templates.</p>

<p><b>GEORGE A. FONTANILLS</b> heads Pinnacle Investments of America, Inc., a hedge fund and money management company (www.piafunds.com). Pinnacle has recorded amazing returns for its investors with high-profit, low-risk trading strategies. For many years, Fontanills has been teaching the Optionetics Seminars-one of the best-attended courses in the world of finance-and spearheading the publication and dissemination of his strategies on Optionetics.com, a free Web site. Prior to Pinnacle, he was a principal at the American Stock Exchange. Fontanills has been featured in <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>Barron's</i>, <i>Red Herring</i>, and appears on <i>Bloomberg</i>, <i>CNNfn</i>, and <i>CNBC</i>. His bestselling books include <i>Trade Options Online</i>, <i>The Options Course</i>, and <i>The Stock Market Course</i>, all published by Wiley.</p> <p><b>TOM GENTILE</b> is Chief Options Strategist for Optionetics and is featured in numerous publications including Fortune, Barron's, and The Wall Street Journal. As George Fontanills' trading partner and co-instructor at Optionetics Seminars, Gentile's passion for managed risk trading and straightforward style have added to his critical acclaim as one of the best trading instructors in the country.</p>

<p>In <i>The Volatility Course</i>, renowned trader George Fontanills and his partner Tom Gentile provided stock and options traders with all the information they need to trade volatility-by arming them with an arsenal of different tools to use in any market condition. But to become a successful volatility trader, you have to know how to effectively apply this knowledge and when to utilize these tools in real-world trading situations.</p> <p>In <i>The Volatility Course Workbook</i>, Fontanills and Gentile offer a wealth of practical exercises that will help further your understanding of volatility, as well as test and apply what you've learned before you take one step into the real markets-where time and money is a luxury you cannot afford to lose. This hands-on companion to <i>The Volatility Course</i> includes a complete answer key and covers such essentials as implied and historical volatility, VIX and other sentiment indicators, high- and low-volatility trading strategies, volatility skews, and much more.</p>

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