January 2017. 1  In January 2017, for the eleventh consecutive month, dry natural gas production decreased year-to-year from the same month a year ago. The preliminary level for dry natural gas production in January 2017 was 2,193 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 70.7 Bcf/day. This level was a 2.6 Bcf/day (3.6%) decrease from the January 2016 level of 73.4 Bcf/day.
Low Volatility... Option Volatility is a measure of risk/uncertainty. The more volatile a stock is, the higher the options premium will be. The difficulty of predicting the behavior of a volatile stock commands a higher price for the option because of the additional risk/reward it poses. High volatility: higher option premium. Low volatility: lower option premium. Option volatility is broken down into two components: 1  Historical Volatility: tells us how volatile something has been in the past.  Implied Volatility: is the market's view on how volatile things will be in the future.
-Option investment strategies involve initial and terminal cash flows. *Initial cash flow: option price (often called the option premium). *Terminal cash flow: the value of an option at expiration (often called the option payoff. -The terminal cash flow can be realized by the option holder by exercising the option. -they have option profits (vert.) stock price (hor.) and strike price.