Volatility Trading Strategies

VTS community, Well folks, the day has come!  I'm sure if you've been paying attention to the alarming price action, you knew at some...

VTS Community, I don't want to be too much of a downer here, I wish I was presenting this when there was more good news, but in light of...

VTS Community, If you follow any volatility specific blogs or twitter feeds, you've no doubt been inundated with commentary about just...

VTS Community, * I had a very strange email yesterday from someone who thought the failed backtest I was criticizing in Monday’s article...

One of the most commonly repeated strategy ideas I hear for investing in volatility ETPs is to base trade decisions on the shape of the...

VTS Community, Regardless of how far along in your journey you are to understanding volatility markets, whether that's several years or...

Based on past questionnaires I gather roughly half the community prefers articles and the other half videos so I will also be putting out...

This article was originally posted in January 2013 on my other website which is why the example is from so many years ago, but everything...

In a previous article titled Why selling options beats buying options I explained why it’s more advantageous to be the net seller.  They...

There are several ways to leverage trades, many of which are regularly practiced within the financial industry.  By now most have read...

An Iron Condor is a limited risk, non-directional option spread designed to have a high probability of earning a limited profit So if an...

I believe it’s impossible for anybody to accurately predict market direction in the short-run, so the only thing any of us can do is put...

I’ve always felt the name “Iron Condor” is the coolest sounding option spread there is.  In fact one of my first websites I managed many...

In past articles and videos I’ve often stated that: “Losses are more costly to a fund than gains are beneficial.” I recently had a member...

The price to earnings ratio  (P/E ratio)  is a very common metric used to assess the relative value of a security or index.  Now of...

I’ve stressed repeatedly over the years  (perhaps at times sounding like a broken record)  that our VTS Tactical Volatility Strategy...

As volatility traders, one of the things that interests us most are those rare days when the VIX Index goes crazy and spikes 30% or more...

Due to the fact that there is a reasonably high level of contempt for this current bull market, mostly due to the sluggish employment...

Whenever people do an analysis or make judgements on anything, whether that be people we know or just met, opinions on social issues, our...

At Volatility Trading Strategies we’ve been very successful at navigating the complex world of volatility products and we have the...