Volatility Trading Strategies

VTS Community, Tactical Balanced strategy since Jul 17, 2006 * Remember live trading started January 1st, 2012, but since the strategy is...

I've often been asked to do this so here we go! Get to know me, ask me anything, and don't mind me, I'm going to have a few glasses of...

VTS Community, I've timestamped our most recent livestream from Saturday and will send that out to the general VTS newsletter today so...

I hear so often that the average VIX is around 20, and since it's close to that now we must be in a normal market. I would strongly push...

VTS Community, Today I'd like to preemptively answer an important question that I suspect might start coming up soon in my email inbox. ...

M1:M2 VIX futures backwardation represents periods of market risk and uncertainty. So the big question is, what asset classes perform...

I've always believed that focusing on risk management and drawdown reduction is by far the best way to boost long term investing...

This is a very common statement I see out there, people thinking that short stocks is easy. All you have to do is wait for the VIX...

VTS Community, I've added a new graphic to the Volatility Dashboard section above that will be updated daily going forward. It's not...

In my opinion, here are the best options trade types for AMC and other high flying stocks. Given the risk, we need to focus on safer...

In this livestream we talk about some of the trades that people may think are good ideas, but actually have many pitfalls to watch out...

We've done the WORST trades, so now it's time to talk about some of the best: Want to join the Awesome VTS Community * All information,...

Question from a VTS Community member: "I thought the Leveraged Total Portfolio was supposed to be double the performance of the standard...

Obviously selling naked calls and other highly risky options on high flying stocks like AMC is the worst, but I wanted to bring attention...

I'll give my own perspective on the age old question of whether volatility changes should be quoted in percentage terms, or point...

Everyone knows that if you save more money you'll have more money, but have you ever seen how much faster an investment account can grow...

If you don't have at least one troll, are you even a trader? I don't know what it is about some people, but they just seem to hate when...

Open Q&A, everyone welcome! And we'll also talk about the state of the market in light of the recent VXX spike, as well as the...

The announcement was completely botched and it's still very uncertain, but we THINK that UVXY will be doing a reverse split soon, maybe,...

The ARK Innovation ETF has been the darling of WallStreet for the past year and has seen explosive growth in AUM. I get asked often why...

Do you know how important it is to save money and make regular additions to your retirement account? I'm not being condescending here, I...

Steven asks: "How often do all of your strategies hold stocks at the same time?" To answer this question, let me also lump any short...

I've had a few interesting comments from people lately regarding what they felt was a potential pattern in the VTS Volatility Barometer. ...

VXX has announced a 1:4 reverse split, effective April 23rd. This will be the 6th reverse split in the roughly 12 year history of the...