Volatility Trading Strategies

The VB Threshold strategy has moved into SVXY for the first time in several months.  That means we're now in the 20-40% range of the...

It's been a little while since I last addressed the "VXX Puts vs Short VXX" question so let's revisit this today. That is to say, which...

Today is day 7 for our Long VXX Put position within the Tactical Volatility strategy. It was initiated on July 17th and we're still...

VTS Community, As of yesterday we have all 4 of our strategies in what are considered aggressive positions, finally!  This alignment of...

I've made no secret of the fact that I believe the most important aspect of long term investing is avoiding excessive drawdowns. ...

I get a lot of people asking how to calculate VIX contango and why it sometimes makes big changes day to day. Since we saw a big change...

VTS Community, One of the core principles in my overarching investing philosophy is that I believe it's far more important to be...

Due to the sheer number of questions I get regarding adding leverage to the VTS strategies, I will  (reluctantly)  add leveraged...

Question: Why don't you short the S&P 500 instead of buying Gold? (VTS Tactical Balanced strategy) This question is most commonly asked...

VTS Community, I've added several new questions to the website Q&A, but I'm also starting in on some of the more interesting ones, and I...

VTS Community, "The best defense is a good offense" I'm sure you've heard this saying before right?  The idea that the best path to...

VTS Community, Studies show the average investor only makes about a 3-4% rate of return in the long run. That number may surprise you,...

VTS Community, Everybody who dips a toe in the volatility pool eventually has dreams of hitting that perfect buy on something like VXX...

We have a very large VTS community  (members from 57 countries now)  and everyone is going to have their own "ideal" trade frequency. - ...

This latest stock market crash has yet again brought one fundamental truism of investing into the light. It's something that really...

In the investing world, beta is generally referring to an individual security's return in relation to the movement of the underlying...

I hope everyone had a great holiday long weekend and are ready to get back into it. As promised I'm going to go over a new addition to...

VTS Community, We jumped into a new Long VXX Put option trade (stock replacement through options) in the Tactical Volatility strategy...

On January 30th, 2009 the volatility landscape changed forever with the introduction of the world's first volatility exchange traded...

The VTS Tactical Volatility strategy moved to cash two days ago after a very good run in the most recent series of trades.  All totalled...