Long VIX ETPs seeing lots of action ahead of FOMC
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 12:33PM CDT
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
March Madness - Dividend Grandness And Volatility Blandness
Wade Slome, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 12:37AM CDT
March Madness has arrived once again. This NCAA basketball event, which has been around since 1939, begins with a selection committee choosing the top 68 teams in the country. These teams are matched up against each other through a single-elimination...
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
Equity Volatility - Going Higher
Macronomics - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 9:12AM CST
"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion." - Dale Carnegie, American writer Please find below a great guest post from our good friends at Rcube Global Asset Management ...
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), EEM: 40.08 (+0.59), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
The VIX: What It Is, What It Isn't, What To Do About It Now
Peter F. Way, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 4:17PM CST
VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
The Year In VIX And Volatility - 2014
Bill Luby - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 11:05PM CST
This is the seventh year in a row I have offered a retrospective look at the year in VIX and Volatility, which is my attempt to cram some of the highlights of the year in volatility onto one graphic with a (somewhat) manageable number of annotations....
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)
Investors Are Scared - Getting Long Volatility Again
Josh Arnold - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 8:15AM CST
VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
One Reason Why The New VIX Calculation Is Better
Vance Harwood - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 5:02PM CST
The CBOE changed the way the VIX® was calculated on October 6th, 2014- asserting the change would provide a more accurate assessment of expected volatility. The new process does look better to me, but I've been surprised that the new VIX and the...
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)
A Little Fear About The 'Fear Index'
360 Investment Research - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 1:47AM CST
Back on November 18, 2014, we wrote about our concern over elevated volatility as part of our seven-part series on evidence currently warning of a possible trend change in the overall U.S. Equity market. Almost two months later, none of the issues...
VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), VIXH: 26.14 (+0.41), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), IWM: 125.99 (+1.10), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28)
My Volatility Outlook For 2015
Josh Arnold - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 1:20AM CST
VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), VIXH: 26.14 (+0.41), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12)
Volatility Trade Back In Oct 22, 2014 - ETF Gainers And Losers
CapitalCube - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 23, 2:04PM CDT
By Veibha Subramaniam The risk-on trade seems to be back again. Buying volatility is back. Yesterday the market was buying the VIX and today as of 10:00 am the VIX ETFs are still gaining - VIXY (+7.84%), VXX (+7.67%), VIXM (+3.16%) The data was...
EGPT: 56.90 (-0.66), JO: 25.14 (-0.13), TZA: 9.88 (-0.26), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), XOP: 48.19 (+0.22), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), TNA: 92.59 (+2.29), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), HDGE: 10.95 (-0.12), PXI: 46.96 (+0.49), SRTY: 25.48 (-0.69), WIL: 53.79 (+0.97), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54), ERY: 20.70 (-0.95), GLDX: 9.85 (+0.28), ERX: 54.14 (+2.35), GDXJ: 24.10 (+0.88), JNUG: 20.45 (+2.15), FCG: 10.25 (+0.12), SGDM: 17.83 (+0.60), DUST: 16.25 (-1.88), ZSL: 100.25 (-7.75), JDST: 10.36 (-1.39), URTY: 107.46 (+2.67), SOXS: 10.42 (-0.49), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), UCO: 6.50 (+0.26), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), SIL: 8.90 (+0.26), NUGT: 11.26 (+1.03), SCO: 93.38 (-4.24), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), IPFF: 20.33 (+0.06), USLV: 21.12 (+2.11), RUSL: 21.19 (+1.81), SIZE: 67.96 (+0.75), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), PSCE: 27.33 (+0.25), FLGE: 126.24 (+1.96)
Not All Market Hedges Are Created Equal: Part 1
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 22, 3:20PM CDT
By John Feyerer While the multi-year bull market may feel like it has created some distance from the market turmoil, investors won't soon forget the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and the eurozone debt crisis events of 2010-2011. These...
TVIZ: 18.95 (-0.28), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), XVZ: 28.51 (+0.20), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), XVIX: 16.69 (+0.26), ZIV: 42.37 (-0.25), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), VIIX: 34.73 (-0.55), CVOL: 0.79 (unch), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), VIIZ: 17.14 (+0.03), XXV: 38.28 (+0.02), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54)
Top 10 ETF Gainers And Losers For October 17, 2014
CapitalCube - Seeking Alpha - Sun Oct 19, 8:29AM CDT
By Veibha Subramaniam Top 10 ETF gainers with assets of more than $25 million as of Oct 17, 2014. (Non-Leveraged) The data was compiled using CapitalCube's ETF Screener Symbol Company 1 Day Price Return (%) Average Daily Volume...
JO: 25.14 (-0.13), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), XOP: 48.19 (+0.22), UVXY: 15.26 (-0.46), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), VXZ: 12.49 (+0.07), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), XIV: 34.63 (+0.54), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), IDX: 24.33 (+0.22), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), GLDX: 9.85 (+0.28), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), JNUG: 20.45 (+2.15), SGDM: 17.83 (+0.60), DZK: 70.40 (+4.31), GXF: 23.80 (+0.45), DUST: 16.25 (-1.88), GDX: 19.33 (+0.62), CURE: 161.18 (+3.49), JDST: 10.36 (-1.39), TVIX: 1.73 (-0.06), VIXM: 60.81 (+0.37), CFGE: 11.06 (+0.28), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), UXI: 122.90 (+0.65), SIL: 8.90 (+0.26), NUGT: 11.26 (+1.03), SVXY: 67.98 (+1.12), HEWG: 28.80 (+0.33), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), RUSL: 21.19 (+1.81), BRF: 16.19 (+0.53), EIDO: 27.33 (+0.26), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), VIXY: 17.10 (-0.28), ENOR: 22.92 (+0.41)