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The calm before the catalyst: a buy straddle strategy for volatility events

The market is quiet. Too quiet. Implied volatility is sitting at the floor. The VIX is compressed. The 30-day realized vol on your watchlist is grinding near its 52-week low. But you know what’s coming. The economic calendar says the FOMC meeting is in three days. CPI prints Tuesday morning. Earnings season opens next week. […]

by TradeStation | March 2, 2026

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