October 19, 2020· 41 min

A Volatility Arbitrage Trader On What Markets Are Saying Right Now

Orality
Model
84%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,104 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,343 words)
M:28%
GuestKris Sidial(4,488 words)
M:29%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic37%
basically, obviously, very
Engagement82%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, like, now
Repetition100%
right (105x), know (100x), like (84x)
Parallelism89%
And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., So, basically, that means that..., So it means people are paying ...
Sound Patterns100%
107 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases8%
at the end of the day, you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging9%
may, could, maybe
Passive Voice5%
been inverted, was then, is predicated
Abstract Nouns15%
investment, community, business
Subordination12%
since, because, though
Sentence Length35%
Avg: 13.7 words/sentence
Word Complexity45%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style18%
625 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style88%
apply, basically, normally

Description

It's been an extraordinary year for traders of volatility. We had the crisis, we had this incredible surge in retail call options buying, and we have the election coming up. On this episode, we speak with Kris Sidial, a co-founder and vice president at The Ambrus Group, to discuss volatility arbitrage trading in this extraordinary environment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.