Condor Options

CME Group Making Gold Options More Tradeable

No, this would not make gold options "even more volatile." Historical volatility is a function of changes in the price of an asset. Implied volatility is a function of expectations about future price changes. Neither is a function of the number of strike prices available for trading on an exchange.

You probably suspect banks are "smugly laughing up their sleeves over this change" because you are a conspiracy theorist and/or because you have misunderstood fundamental aspects of the options market.

I fail to see how buying gold would "end" whatever it is that is "terribly wrong in our country."

On Oct 02 12:53 PM The Recusant wrote:

> Would not this make gold options even more volatile? Why do I suspect
> banks are smugly laughing up their sleeves over this change?
>
> There is something terribly wrong in our country. End it...buy gold.