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Editing a Skew Curve

Once you define and save a skew curve, you can edit it. Editing a skew curve enables you to keep up with what’s happening in an options market. After a day’s trading, a skew curve’s validity can change. Editing allows you to adapt an established curve to changes in a market. You can edit at the end of the day, or while your market is trading.

One of the methods for editing a skew is to change the parameter’s governing the skew curve. Another method involves dragging skew curve and input line volatility points on your volatility skew chart. Let’s begin by examining how to edit a skew by changing its parameters.