Volatility Views

VOLATILITY REVIEW Guest: John Smollen - Executive Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Products and Strategic Relations - MIAX Trade war premium came and went… and came back again… then went again. SPIKES - 16, down 2.5-points from last show VIX CASH - 16, 2.5-points lower from last week VVIX - 84.5, 10-points lower than last show VIX Options - ADV: 679k, Total 7.51M Earnings volatility this we...

VOLATILITY VIEWPOINT Guests:   Jimmy Heinz -  Equity Volatility Trader, Gelber Group & Brendan Carter,  Equity Volatility Trader, Gelber Group       VOLATILITY REVIEW Trade war - Trump decided China wasn't enough and picked a new trade war with Mexico SPIKES - 18.5, up 2-points from last show. VIX Cash - 18.5, 2.25-points higher than last week. VVIX - 94.5, 2.5-points higher than last show VIX Opt...

VOLATILITY REVIEW Trade war premium came and went… and then came back again! SPIKES - 16.5, up 0.75 from last show VIX Cash - 16.25, up 0.75 from last week VVIX - 92, 3-points lower than last show VIX Options - ADV: 708k, Total 6.62m (4.97m Calls, 1.65m Puts) VXX - 28, unchanged from last show       CRYSTAL BALL Next week: Mark L. - 14.75 Mark S. - 14.10 Matt - 13.25

VOLATILITY REVIEW Trade war premium came and went. SPIKES - 15.75, down 4.25-points from last show VIX Cash - 15.5, 4-points lower than last week VVIX - 95, 8-points lower than last show VIX Options - ADV: 668k, Total 10.2m (7.42m Calls, 2.73m Puts) VXX - 28, 2-points lower than last show Earnings Highlights: Thursday - Walmart, Nvidia, Pinterest Friday - John Deere       VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL Comm...

VOLATILITY REVIEW Trade was premium is back as Trump continues to ratchet up the tariffs. SPIKES - 20, up 7-points from last show VIX Cash - 19.5., 7-points higher than last week VVIX - 103, almost 20-points higher than last show VIX Options - ADV: 459k, very low. VXXB - 30.3, 5-points higher than last week, ADV: 167k SPIKES Versus VIX: How to Take Advantage of the Differences - https://www.invest...

VOLATILITY VIEWPOINT Guest: John Smollen, EVP, Head of Exchange Traded Products and Strategic Relations, MIAX Guest: Simon Ho, CEO, T3 Index       VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL Comment from Allegheny Lad - Cheers to the listener who said they hedge their VXXB downside with alcohol. I feel their pain and I raise my glass in solidarity. I find a nice Jameson on the rocks seems to "hedge" most effectively - b...

VOLATILITY REVIEW SPIKES - 13, up 0.75-point from last show. VIX Cash - 12.75, up 0.5-points higher than last week. VVIX - 84,   1-point lower than last show VIX Options: Friday - 148, ADV - 459k, Total 7.41m (6.19m Calls, 1.22m Puts) VXXB - 25.3, 1.3-points lower than last show. Earnings Highlights: Tuesday - Twitter, Snap Wednesday - FB, Tesla, Microsoft, Boeing, Chipotle, PayPal, WWE Thursday -...

Volatility Review: Brexit, Brexit, Brexit!!! Weekly Options Insider Poll - Do you think the UK will make a Brexit from the EU? Yah - 24% Nah - 43% I am sick of Brexit - 33% Volatility Voicemail: Listener questions and comments Question from Tronghi: Detailed thoughts on VIX futures curve as of June 15. Question from JVon: What strategies don't work for the short VIX ratio call spread. Question fro...

VOLATILITY REVIEW SPIKES - 12.25, down 0.5-points from last show VIX Cash - 12.3, 0.7-points lower than last week VVIX - 85, 6-points higher than last show. We saw the expected pop but not the expected move in VIX/VXX VIX Options - ADV: 530k, Total 11.1m (8.41m Calls, 2.65m Puts) VXXB - 26.6, 1.4-points lower than last show       VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL Question from Jim Daily - Just to clarify. Are...

VOLATILITY REVIEW A week of mild rallies, trade war progress and dwindling recession fears killing volatility. Non-farms did not spark any volatility. SPIKES - 12.8, down nearly 1.5-points from last show VIX Cash - 13, 1-point lower than last week VVIX - 79, 8-points lower than last show VIX Options - ADV: 523k, Total 10.0m (7.68m Calls, 2.32m Puts) VXXB - 28, 1.5-points lower than last show LYFT...

VOLATILITY REVIEW A week of mild rallies is killing volatility. Latest Brexit fail is not spooking the market. SPIKES - 14.1, nearly 3-points lower than last show. VIX Cash - 14, 2.5-points higher than last week. VVIX - 87, 11-points lower than last show. VIX Options - ADV: 549k, Total 9.37m (7.18m Calls, 2.19m Puts) . More 1x2 call spread today. VXXB - 29.5, 2.5-points lower than last show.     C...

VOLATILITY REVIEW SPIKES - 16.87, nearly 5-points higher than last show VIX Cash - 16.5, nearly 4-points higher than last week VVIX - 98 - 18-points higher than last show VXXB - 32, nearly 4-points higher than last show VIX Options - ADV: 569k, Total 8.71m (6.65m Calls, 2.06m Puts) A strong selloff sparked by weak economic data in US & Europe. Europe's stock volatility gauge hits six-week high as...

VOLATILITY VIEWPOINT Guest: Simon Ho - CEO, T3 Index What about the burgeoning volatility market in Australia? What is price dragging? How does it help to avoid the manipulation issues plaguing VIX? Is SPIKES performing up to your expectations during the recent resurgence of volatility?       VOLATILITY REVIEW Weak jobs and trade reports SPIKES   -17.25, 2.5-points higher than last show. VIX Cash...

VOLATILITY VIEWPOINT SPIKES What is it? Why bring it to the market now? SPIKES launched on Feb 21. How did it go? How has the market responded to SPIKES? How is the liquidity shaping up in SPIKES in the early days?   VOLATILITY REVIEW SPIKES - 14.79 VIX Cash - 14.75 VVIX - 80 VIX Options - ADV: 476k VXXB - 31.5   VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL Question from J Sign - Is Spikes live? I can't find it on my bro...

Best of Volatility Views: Back to the Beginning It's a shortened holiday week. So we thought we'd take you back to the primordial ooze days of Volatility Views with the inaugural sneak preview episode from August 2011.  

VOLATILITY REVIEW VIX Cash - 14.8, 2.5-points lower than last week. VVIX - 80, 7.5-points lower than last show. VIX Options - ADV:476k, Total 6.20M (4.86M Calls, 1.34M Puts) VXXB - 32.5, 2.5-points lower than last show. SVXY - 46, unchanged from last show.         VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL #QOTW - $VXX is dead! Long Live $VXXB! There's a (somewhat) new kid on the #Volatility trading block. Are you trad...

VOLATILITY REVIEW VIX Cash - 17.18, can you say Bullseye!? VVIX - 87.5, approx. 8-points higher than last show, dipped to 76.45 earlier this week. VIX Options - 156k, ADV: 497k, Total 8.72m (6.68m Calls, 2.05m Puts) VXXB - 35, 2-points lower than last show. Today - 40k, ADV - 199k       VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL #QOTW - With everyone still shaking off #SuperBowl haze, let's start the week by applying y...

Volatility Review - Jan VIX futures volume down size from 2017 - Overview of Hot VIX options positions - Overview of interesting VIX options trades - Will there be an end-of-day selloff in VIX futures from VXX - First look at hot VXXB options positions - Earnings Volatility Overview: AMZN, MSFT, FB, QCOM, AAPL and more Volatility Voicemail - Why is the market so slow to adopt VXXB - Can market mak...

Today Mark and Mark discuss: Volatility Review Segment VIX and VVIX relatively unchd. from last week. VIX futures still weirdly flat VIX options volume still relatively anemic VXX options love switching to calls How will the Shutdown Deal impact volatility? Earnings Volatility Review We discuss: INTC SBUX XLNX JBLU and more Volatility Voicemail We answer you questions about INTC volatility, ratio...

Volatility Views 338: Boulevard of Broken VXX Dreams - Host: Mark Longo, CEO - Options Insider Media Group - Co-Host: Mark Sebastian, Founder - OptionPit.com Volatility Review - Major indices up nearly 1.5% across the board with volatility taking a bath.  - Mark and Mark break down the legion of Jan VXX puts that will expire worthless this week.  Volatility Voicemail - We answer your questions abo...

VOLATILITY VIEWS 337: Looking At VIX From A European Perspective - HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP - SPECIAL GUEST CO-HOST: AASH VYAS, PORTFOLIO MANAGER -  TUNGSTEN INVESTMENT FUNDS VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT VIX STILL EERILY FLAT - HOVERING AROUND 20 LEVEL. MARK/ANDREW VOLATILITY REVIEW - WHICH VOLATILITY TRADES, TRENDS OR DEVELOPMENTS CAUGHT YOUR EYE THIS WEEK? VIX CASH 19.25 - 3.5...

Volatility Views 336: Kicking off 2019 With Some Volatility Host: Mark Longo, CEO & Founder - The Options Insider Media Group Co-Host: Mark Sebastian, Co-Founder -OptionPit.com, Portfolio Manager - Karman Line Capital VOLATILITY REVIEW Massive jobs report - The economy added 312k jobs in Dec, although unemployment is up to 3.9% Powell's speech apparently didn't save the market too much. VIX Cash -...

VOLATILITY REVIEW VIX Cash - 28, nearly 6-points higher than last show. VVIX - 95, 10-points lower than last show. Mnuchin Blames Volcker Rule, High-Speed Trading for Volatility -  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-18/mnuchin-blames-volcker-rule-high-speed-trading-for-volatility VIX Options - 575k, Total 6.73m (5.24m Calls, 1.50m Puts) VXX - 50, 4-points higher than last show. 2018 T...

Volatility Review: A look at last week from a volatility perspective. VIX Cash - 26.5, nearly 4-points higher than last show. VVIX - 105, 8-points higher than last show Mnuchin Blames Volcker Rule, High-Speed Trading for Volatility VIX Options - ADV: 575k down nearly 20k from last show. Total 5.50m (4.23m Calls, 1.27m Puts) VXX - 46, 6.5-points higher than last show. SVXY - 43, almost 3 handles lo...