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Article #556) In my opinion, opinions don't matter - There are facts about investing.
VTS Community, If you ask any two people their opinion on where markets are going, chances are decent you'll get two different answers. ...
Brent Osachoff
May 8, 20193 min read


Article #555) Volatility / VXX spikes - How can we reduce the risk?
VTS Community, Yesterday turned out not to be that bad a day considering how it started. S&P 500 futures were down as much as -2.2% in...
Brent Osachoff
May 7, 20195 min read


Article #554) Volatility Metric - M1:VIX roll yield - How do volatility ETPs work?
VTS Community, Today I'm going to introduce the next metric in the VTS Volatility Dashboard, available to all subscribers in every...
Brent Osachoff
Apr 29, 20194 min read


Article #553) Volatility Metric - M4-M7 VIX futures contango - Is ZIV the best Vol ETP?
VTS Community, Whenever volatility ETPs are being discussed, the vast majority of the time it's the VXX, UVXY, SVXY, even TVIX. And of...
Brent Osachoff
Apr 23, 20196 min read


Article #552) Volatility Metric: VTS Adjusted M1:M2 VIX Futures
VTS Community, For all us volatility traders, checking the VIX futures term structure is something we all do several times a day. A...
Brent Osachoff
Apr 16, 20196 min read


Article #551) Volatility Metric: M1:M2 VIX futures - Contango / backwardation and Volatility ETP
VTS Community, I'm going to do something a little different today. I'm going to start my article with the conclusion, and then...
Brent Osachoff
Apr 15, 20198 min read


Article #550) VIX9D : VIX : VIX3M : VIX6M : VIX1Y - It may give early warning signs
VTS Community, Let's take a quick trip down memory lane here to December 3rd and December 4th of 2018. Considering the carnage that was...
Brent Osachoff
Apr 12, 20193 min read


Article #549) Exciting things happening at VTS in the next few months!
VTS Community, Today I'm introducing the VTS Volatility Barometer (video down below) and the start of what will likely be about 20...
Brent Osachoff
Apr 8, 20194 min read


Article #548) A few lessons in this 15 month stretch of no S&P 500 progress
VTS Community, Markets are up again today and hovering around a rather important level. Not the level just yet, but getting there. I'm...
Brent Osachoff
Apr 3, 20195 min read


Article #547) What is US Treasury Yield Curve Inversion? Does it even matter?
VTS Community, Based on the sheer number of emails I've had on this subject in the last week or so, I think it's time to talk about... ...
Brent Osachoff
Mar 26, 20194 min read


Article #546) VTS Community members from around the world
VTS Community, In a blog post a few days ago I showed a chart of a world map and left it as a little teaser for something I'd circle back...
Brent Osachoff
Mar 15, 20192 min read


Article #545) Shorting Volatility with VXXB Puts - Trade example
VTS Community, Today I'm going to go through a full example of how to perform stock replacement using options. For those of you who...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 25, 20196 min read


Article #544) Avoiding crashes - Participating in rallies - Stocks vs Bonds
As I showed yesterday, a cumulative look at the volatility markets now shows a dip below the 50th percentile line for my Volatility...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 22, 20195 min read


Article #543) Here's why I don't use stop-losses for Volatility ETP trading
VTS Community, Now that I have found myself getting back into a few volatility ETP trades, I have noticed the number of questions coming...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 13, 20195 min read


Article #542) Here's what happens on VIX futures expiration day
VTS Community, Today is a good opportunity to show everyone what happens to the VIX futures term structure curve around expiration. I...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 12, 20194 min read


Article #541) IEF worked great, shorting Volatility, and damn the Fed!
VTS Community, The Tactical Balanced Strategy has been riding that IEF Bonds train for a little while now with good success. Entered the...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 31, 20194 min read


Article #540) VIX futures monthly expiration - What happens?
VTS Community, This is a follow up to the discussion yesterday regarding the very flat VIX futures term structure. Recall I showed how...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 15, 20193 min read


Is the VIX futures contango level "normal" yet?
VTS Community, Great question here from David, a newer member of the VTS community: "I noticed the VIX futures are almost in contango. ...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 9, 20194 min read


Volatility indicator to watch: VIX9D : VIX : VIX3M : VIX6M : VIX1Y
VTS Community, I had several questions yesterday about why we are not back into all our "bullish" trades like MDY stocks, SVXY, VXX puts...
Brent Osachoff
Dec 4, 20184 min read


Front running the Vol crush vs waiting for confirmation of the signal
VTS Community, Very interesting market action the last couple days folks. I will try to do a more detailed breakdown soon, perhaps in an...
Brent Osachoff
Nov 29, 20184 min read
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