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Standard deviation for strike


 

Hello! I want to ask how to calculate standard deviation for strike which is shown in option chains as popup on mouse cursor hover on strike:

I found that 1 standard deviation = stock price * volatility * square root of days to expiration/365. But in case of strike STD, stock price should be replaced with strike and what volatility should be used? IV?

Thanx

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I don't understand what you mean by "std deviation of strike". The underlying (i.e. stock price) has a std deviation, so the color coding just shows how far, in terms of std deviation, the underlying would need to move for the option to become in the money. I believe your formula is correct assuming you start from annual IV.
On Jan 8, 2023 at 7:32 AM -0800, leonid.dmitricenko via groups.io <leonid.dmitricenko@...>, wrote:

Hello! I want to ask how to calculate standard deviation for strike which is shown in option chains as popup on mouse cursor hover on strike:
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I found that 1 standard deviation = stock price * volatility * square root of days to expiration/365. But in case of strike STD, stock price should be replaced with strike and what volatility should be used? IV?

Thanx