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How Options Price an Election: What the VIX and "IV Crush" Reveal Before Nov. 3
Midterms arrive Nov. 3 with the VIX near 18.6. See how a known event date shows up in option prices, why implied volatility often fades once the result is in, and what the historical data does and doesn't say.