Volatility Trading Strategies

One of the most important aspects of successfully trading volatility ETPs is to actually understand how they work and the mechanism as to...

The relationship between the VIX futures and the VIX index are stretched to the extreme, which under the right conditions may mean profit...

Continuing on with the theme for the week, which is all about the VB Threshold strategy and its leveraged alternative, I want to discuss...

For investors with a higher level of risk tolerance, they may want to take the already killer VTS VB Threshold strategy and add a little...

I have updated the General Volatility metrics data table to be the same as the Specialty Volatility metrics table above it. Just keeping...

The VB Threshold strategy has moved into SVXY for the first time in several months.  That means we're now in the 20-40% range of the...

It's been a little while since I last addressed the "VXX Puts vs Short VXX" question so let's revisit this today. That is to say, which...

Today is day 7 for our Long VXX Put position within the Tactical Volatility strategy. It was initiated on July 17th and we're still...

VTS Community, As of yesterday we have all 4 of our strategies in what are considered aggressive positions, finally!  This alignment of...

Let's talk about the new volatility ETF called MSVX, it's bias, performance, and what type of investor this thing may be suitable for....

It was a good 10 year run for old TVIX, but its day has finally come. TVIX will be delisted. Let's talk about why and what it means for...

In this video we examine the effectiveness of the strategy of waiting for the VIX index to spike up higher, and then buying Put Options...

There was a very tragic incident involving a young trader using the Robinhood investing platform, where he was shown a negative balance...

I've made no secret of the fact that I believe the most important aspect of long term investing is avoiding excessive drawdowns. ...

As a more conservative investor, I've always focused on giving people the smoothest investing experience possible. This has meant that...

The Tactical Balanced strategy has been in the Total Portfolio Solution since it launched in January 2012 and has demonstrated very low...

I get a lot of people asking how to calculate VIX contango and why it sometimes makes big changes day to day. Since we saw a big change...

VTS Community, One of the core principles in my overarching investing philosophy is that I believe it's far more important to be...

In this video we look at TVIX performance, it's leverage factor, and how it functions in an attempt to finally convince people that...

Let me explain why neither Long Volatility nor Short Volatility are effective buy & hold trades in the long run. Want to join the Awesome...

The allure of big profits causes a lot of people to leverage up their trades without fully understanding that leverage is a two way...

Due to the sheer number of questions I get regarding adding leverage to the VTS strategies, I will  (reluctantly)  add leveraged...

If you look at charts of the 3 main Long Volatility ETPs, TVIX, UVXY, and VXX have all gone from extremely high levels in the past to...

Question: Why don't you short the S&P 500 instead of buying Gold? (VTS Tactical Balanced strategy) This question is most commonly asked...