Volatility Trading Strategies

Barclays has suspended share creations on the VXX which means it's not tracking it's indicative value anymore, it's broken! This kind of...

The VXX is Broken! Barclays Bank has halted share creation on VXX, which means it will very likely deviate substantially from the...

We don't know how long the share creation in VXX will be halted, so in this livestream we talked about 6 options trades (3 short and 3...

Barclays Bank has halted share creation with VXX, which means it will likely deviate substantially from its indicative value. In this...

The VIX Index is one of the most quoted and referenced index in the investing world. But do people really know what it is? When the VIX...

In this livestream we discussed what actually causes UVXY and VXX movements, and I explain how UVXY still went down when the S&P 500 went...

Beta is one of my favourite metrics because it gives us valuable information on two important factors: Direction & Magnitude. Here's...

VTS just crossed the 10th anniversary since I launched back in January 2012. Thanks to everyone for all the support over the years, and...

VTS Community, We've dedicated three blogs in the last several weeks talking about the bizarre nature of this market sell off. More...

VTS Community, In Part 1 of this article yesterday (read Part 1 here if you missed it) we talked about why "Buy and Hold" investing is...

VTS Community, The vast majority of the investment world is what we would consider buy and hold investors. Now it's hard to put an exact...

The VTS Performance Score is my own designed metric to measure the rate of return of an investment in relation to the most direct pain...

VTS Community, With the S&P 500 down over 7% from its highs and the Nasdaq down about 11%, we also find ourselves in an uncomfortable...

Many investors (and advisors) make the mistake of thinking that a portfolio of assets that "sound different" means that's its...

When analyzing data to generate trade signals, absolute or nominal values mean very little on their own. A VIX index of 15 for example...

VTS Community, As we've talked about throughout this week, there are very few functional changes to the portfolio to start 2022. Most of...

Want to join the Awesome VTS Community? * All information, analysis, and articles on this site are provided for informational purposes...

Want to join the Awesome VTS Community? * All information, analysis, and articles on this site are provided for informational purposes...

Want to join the Awesome VTS Community? * All information, analysis, and articles on this site are provided for informational purposes...

Want to join the Awesome VTS Community? * All information, analysis, and articles on this site are provided for informational purposes...

Want to join the Awesome VTS Community? * All information, analysis, and articles on this site are provided for informational purposes...

VTS Community, Continuing on with the discussion on VTS strategies during the pandemic, we'll talk about what could be considered the...

Want to join the Awesome VTS Community? * All information, analysis, and articles on this site are provided for informational purposes...

So many people are under the false impression that you need some exorbitantly high rate of return to retire a millionaire. The truth is,...