This article was originally published on ETFTrends.com. By Marc Odo, Swan Global Investments As part of an ongoing series trying to make sense of the broad, catch-all category called “liquid ...

SVOL typically shorts between 20% and 30% of its portfolio across the VIX futures term structure, greatly limiting downside risk compared to other products with more exposure. SVOL allocates 2% to 4% ...

With some exceptions, the VIX has been subdued recently. An expected December Fed rate hike, as well as the election, earnings and global tensions will lead to increasing market uncertainty. A long ...

Currently, short-term VIX futures are experiencing rolling costs (first to second month futures) greater than 10%, which is working in favor of my short iPath S&P 500 VIX short-term fund (VXX) ...

Investors who want to get a read on stock market sentiment can turn to the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, to interpret patterns of expected future volatility before making investment decisions. The ...

What is Vix? We explain how the fear index could guide your investment decisions. Call options give you the right, but not the obligation, to buy a specific asset at a set price at a set time, while ...

This article was originally published on ETFTrends.com. “Tactical Volatility Strategy: In recent years professional traders have turned to exciting new exchange traded products such as XIV and VXX in ...

[caption id="attachment_23446" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Investors who bet on continued low volatility suffered steep losses (photo: Richard B. Levine/Newscom ...

There is a lot of noise and misinformation being spewed about VIX and some VIX based ETFs and ETNs. Noise and misinformation will not help you navigate these markets. There are some important facts ...

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