{"id":188476,"date":"2023-04-14T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=188476"},"modified":"2023-04-14T09:55:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T13:55:53","slug":"you-can-beat-the-market-with-options-if-you-use-them-the-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/options\/you-can-beat-the-market-with-options-if-you-use-them-the-right-way\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Beat the Market With Options\u2014if You Use Them the Right Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Volatility can be good for your portfolio if you have a strong point of view on stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That simple but profound conclusion is the essence of an important study that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/articles\/market-still-looks-frothy-hedge-your-bets-51674083098?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Marshall<\/a>, Goldman Sachs\u2019 derivatives strategist, has just completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He found that using options to express strong stock views outperformed the total return of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/market-data\/indexes\/spx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S&amp;P 500 index<\/a> over the past 27 years. For example,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/articles\/how-to-buy-and-sell-options-without-making-a-fool-of-yourself-51600336811?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">selling call options<\/a>&nbsp;with strike prices 10% higher than each of the underlying stocks in the S&amp;P 500 generated a compound annual return of about 11% since 1996, outperforming the benchmark index by 1.4 percentage points a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marshall calls his approach \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/asymmetryobservations.com\/definitions\/asymmetry\/asymmetric-alpha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asymmetric alpha<\/a>,\u201d which describes enhancing securities with puts or calls when those contracts are inflated with, respectively, fear or greed premiums. That occurs when short-term options players believe the underlying securities will experience sharp swings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strategy is at odds with traditional asset-allocation models that try to minimize volatility with diversification. These models don\u2019t consider volatility as an asset that influences risk and return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The options market has experienced astounding growth in the past 20 years, but many investors still use options for outlandish speculation, which tends to distort volatility premiums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Institutions have increasingly launched systematic options funds to capitalize on the interest in options, and even on volatility mispricings, but they often use the same approaches over and over again, even as the world around them changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opportunity exists for long-term investors to take advantage of short-term forces that determine options prices. Ultimately, long-term fundamentals determine stock prices, which allows investors to use options to express fundamental views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marshall\u2019s analysis demonstrates that the potential to outperform the stock market is increased when investors use puts and calls to express their views on stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe overemphasis on short-term trading creates the potential of outperformance for long-term investors,\u201d he told&nbsp;<em>Barron\u2019s<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors can profit from that dynamic with a two-pronged approach that measures macroeconomic conditions and focuses on classic stock fundamentals used to distinguish blue-chip stocks from highflying equities. 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