Volatility Trading Strategies

VTS Community, Great question here from David, a newer member of the VTS community: "I noticed the VIX futures are almost in contango. ...

VTS Community, After today's huge jobs report beat, that really puts the spotlight on the Fed for their next meeting.  The narrative...

VTS Community, So the excitement continues, wow.  After a truly spectacular decline of -20% on the S&P 500, we had a big up day there to...

VTS Community, I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas.  I think for most people it's their favourite holiday so great time to relax,...

Welcome to the 1st episode of the Global Investor Podcast. A work in progress, but everything has to start somewhere! Want to join the...

1 new trade today VTS Community, We are patiently waiting for what is in my estimation the most important Fed meeting since December...

VTS Community, I had several questions yesterday about why we are not back into all our "bullish" trades like MDY stocks, SVXY, VXX puts...

VTS Community, Very interesting market action the last couple days folks.  I will try to do a more detailed breakdown soon, perhaps in an...

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...

We've all experienced the frustration of taking a trade, only to see that there was a better price either earlier or later in the day. ...

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, It's a good entry point for a new Iron Condor today within the VTS Discretionary Options strategy, but because we...

* To see all previous options trades, click here VTS Community, With volatility so elevated, it would be downright criminal not to get...

VTS Community, This ugly October is coming to an end with a small relief rally into the last day here, but as of now the S&P 500 is still...

VTS Community, Interesting question today from our friend Maajid: "Why don't we ever gamble with options trades?" I think this can be...

VTS Community, Hopefully everybody had a great weekend.  I suspect for a lot of traders out there outside our community, it was a...

VTS Community, Total Portfolio Solution: Q3 2018 was a fairly forgettable quarter for our portfolio with very little action either way...

VTS Community, * New VTS Discretionary Options trade today * Successful options trading really comes down to having a full toolbox of...

VTS Community, We are currently in all safety positions for our core Balanced and Volatility strategies, waiting for things to settle...

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...

I've put together a short video summarizing a few of the points we've been talking about in the last few days.  VIX futures, and what...

VTS Community, * There's a new trade in VTS Discretionary today, details below.  But I want to follow up a bit on yesterday's blog. ...