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Video #149) VXX Trading with Stock Replacement - Live trade example
Stock replacement through options is a great skill to have in your trading toolbox! Here's a live trading example showing the advantages...
Brent Osachoff
Apr 6, 20211 min read


Video #148) Is XIV & TVIX Back? - New Volatility ETPs
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Brent Osachoff
Mar 30, 20211 min read


VTS Livestream #9) New Volatility ETPs - XIV & TVIX coming back?
Two new Volatility ETPs have gained approval and may be on the horizon to launch. What are they? Should investors be interested? Let's...
Brent Osachoff
Mar 25, 20211 min read


Video #147) How to avoid "most" Volatility Spikes - VXX / UVXY
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Brent Osachoff
Mar 1, 20211 min read


VTS Livestream #8) Avoiding Massive VIX Spikes
There was another huge 15.95% VXX spike yesterday, #25 on the all time ranking list. Let's talk about a few ways trades can potentially...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 26, 20211 min read


Video #146) Volatility Regime Change since Volpocalypse in Feb 2018
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Brent Osachoff
Feb 22, 20211 min read


Video #145) VIX Futures Expiration - Contango is lower than you think
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Brent Osachoff
Feb 18, 20211 min read


VTS Livestream #7) VIX Futures Expiration & Contango Explained
The VIX futures are coming into expiration, and now is the perfect time to explain the process a little bit, and how the passage of 1 day...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 16, 20211 min read


VTS Livestream #6) Volatility Regime Change since February 2018
It's been a frustrating 3 years for many volatility traders since the great Volpocalypse event on February 5th, 2018. Short Vol profits...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 12, 20211 min read


VTS Livestream #5) How fast do Volatility ETPs decay? VXX, UVXY
How fast does VXX decay per day? How fast does UVXY decay per week? How fast did the old TVIX decay per month? In this livestream we...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 3, 20211 min read


Video #144) How fast do Volatility ETPs decay?
As short volatility traders, it's important for us to have an accurate idea of just how fast these volatility ETPs decay over time. In...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 3, 20211 min read


Video #143) Learn to Take Losses
We all have losing trades, and sometimes the market kicks us in the gut when we least expect it. In this video I talk about why it's so...
Brent Osachoff
Feb 1, 20211 min read


Video #142) 3rd Largest VIX Spike Ever!
In the heart of the GameStop madness, the VIX index saw it's 3rd largest VIX spike ever. Want to join the Awesome VTS Community? * All...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 30, 20211 min read


Video #141) GameStop Madness - Short & Gamma Squeeze
How in the world did GameStop go from single digits to nearly 600? What is a short squeeze and a Gamma squeeze? Want to join the Awesome...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 29, 20211 min read


VTS Livestream #4) GameStop, Short Squeeze, Gamma Squeeze, and VIX spike!
The GameStop situation will go down in history as one of the craziest things to happen in the market. In this video I broke down what a...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 28, 20211 min read


Article #611) Why is the "Short Vol" trade not working lately?
I've had a lot of questions recently asking what's up with volatility and why it is remaining so high. Considering 20% of our portfolio...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 26, 20213 min read


Video #140) What causes Volatility ETP Termination?
We all watched in horror as the old XIV terminated in the events of Volpocalypse on February 5th, 2018. The question is, could long...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 25, 20211 min read


VTS Livestream #3) Volatility ETP Termination
Had a great talk about potential volatility ETP termination events, whether it could happen in long volatility ETPs like TVIX or UVXY,...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 21, 20211 min read


VTS Livestream #2) Volatility ETP landscape
In this livestream we broke down the current volatility landscape and highlighted the main three ETPs we have left. VXX, UVXY, and SVXY....
Brent Osachoff
Jan 17, 20211 min read


Video #139) Fake Guru's, Hedge Funds, and Realistic Expectations
Went on a short rant here about the Fake Guru world, making fun of hedge funds, and having realistic expectations of performance. Want to...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 15, 20211 min read


VTS Livestream #1) My first crack at a livestream, a 3 hour Q&A
My first ever livestream. After working through the technical issues, we went on to have a solid 3 hour Q&A session. Lots of fun,...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Video # 138) Track Expenses, Save Money, Retire a Millionaire
retiring a millionaire may not be as unrealistic as many people think. It just requires some monthly savings, a reasonable investment...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 11, 20211 min read


Video #137) VX30:VIX roll yield - Don't buy VXX / UVXY part 2
In this part 2 of the "Don't Buy VXX" series, we talk about the most misunderstood, but also the most important aspect of the Volatility...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 6, 20211 min read


Article #610) Monthly Challenge - Track expenses, save and invest an extra 100$ / mo for 40 years
I don't know how many of you will remember, but one year ago at the beginning of 2020 I put out a video talking about 12 monthly...
Brent Osachoff
Jan 5, 20213 min read
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