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Because VIX calls are based on VIX futures instead of the more volatile "spot" VIX, in the past I suggested that it would be easier to hedge a portfolio against a "black swan" stock market decline using S&P 500 puts-either the cash-settled SPX index puts ...
May 23, 2012 at 20:59 | Source: Seekingalpha.com
Russell also wrote Trading VIX Derivatives: Trading and Hedging Strategies using VIX Futures, Options and Exchange-Traded Notes. In addition to his duties for the CBOE, he instructs a graduate level options course at the University of Illinois ...
May 23, 2012 at 11:34 | Source: TheStreet.com
Christian Magoon: The gold ETF Volatility Index (GVZ) has plunged 17% to begin the week after closing Friday’s session at a three month high. The index peaked at a level slightly above 23 to end last week and is now slightly above the 19 ...
May 22, 2012 at 19:42 | Source: ETF Daily News
NEW YORK (TheStreet (Symbol : TST)) -- There are many opinions and ideas about what the VIX is and what it indicates. The ChicagoBoard of Options Exchange(CBOE) introduced it in 1993, according to their VIX micro site and they discuss it openly. The VIX ...
May 17, 2012 at 15:52 | Source: Inside Fidelity
Here we go again? Regular readers of this column may recall on Monday we warned of that session's fearful stretch of 15% in the CBOE Volatility Index relative to its 10-day simple moving average as suspect. In fact, we expressed if rules were made to be ...
May 17, 2012 at 22:04 | Source: Investors Business Daily
I am often frustrated when market commentators use the VIX as though it was the market's "fear gauge." Reporting its level as 19 (or 14 or 27) may be factually correct, but it can be woefully misleading when that single number is viewed as ...
May 11, 2012 at 23:58 | Source: Barron's Online
The upstarts are caught in a vicious cycle: The markets they track have long used the original VIX to help set options prices. The local VIX therefore ends up moving in lock-step with the CBOE’s VIX–creating little incentive for traders to ...
May 22, 2012 at 19:28 | Source: Wall Street Journal
VIX volatility index futures tapped four month highs intra-day. The spike comes on the heels of more negative headlines out of Europe and Greece. The fear is being magnified by the JPMorgan trading debacle, as fear grips the financial sector. Market fears ...
May 14, 2012 at 15:05 | Source: StreetInsider.com
The VIX index, which reflects the implied volatility of the S&P 500 Index and is commonly referred to as the 'fear index', is posting yearly highs after trending north all week. The spike follows headlines out of Spain, as the country faces contagion fears ...
May 17, 2012 at 16:49 | Source: StreetInsider.com
Bloomberg's Josh Lipton reports that yesterday’s surge in the options gauge known as the VIX was no surprise based on what’s happened in the measure’s two decades of history. The Index posts its biggest gains on Mondays, rising 2.1 percent ...
May 15, 2012 at 17:48 | Source: Businessweek