Shares of XIV Up 13.9% Since Uptrend Call on Shares
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Mar 31, 10:09AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) on February 23rd, 2015 at $31.02. In approximately 1 month, VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN has returned 13.91% as of today's recent price of $35.33.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
Complacency Reigns Supreme - Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, Right?
Charles Hugh Smith - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 7:35AM CDT
One of the more remarkable features of the Bull market in stocks is the ascendancy of complacency and the banishing of fear. Take a look at this chart of the "fear index," the VIX - more properly, a measure of volatility: The VIX...
TVIZ: 19.48 (+0.34), TVIX: 1.70 (+0.08), XVZ: 28.83 (+0.01), VIXM: 61.09 (+0.58), XVIX: 17.02 (+0.07), ZIV: 42.08 (-0.41), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), IVOP: 38.01 (unch), UVXY: 15.05 (+0.74), VIIX: 34.54 (+0.84), CVOL: 0.84 (+0.06), VXZ: 12.57 (+0.11), VIIZ: 17.43 (+0.30), XXV: 38.28 (unch), VIXY: 17.01 (+0.43), SVXY: 68.04 (-1.70), XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Up 13.1% Since SmarTrend Uptrend Call (XIV)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Mar 24, 9:45AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) on February 23rd, 2015 at $31.02. In approximately 4 weeks, VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN has returned 13.14% as of today's recent price of $35.09.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
Watch for VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 1.79% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Mar 23, 4:04PM CDT
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $34.81 to a high of $35.64. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.8%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $35.63 on volume of 11.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
Long VIX ETPs seeing lots of action ahead of FOMC
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 12:33PM CDT
TVIZ: 19.48 (+0.34), TVIX: 1.70 (+0.08), XVZ: 28.83 (+0.01), VIXM: 61.09 (+0.58), XVIX: 17.02 (+0.07), ZIV: 42.08 (-0.41), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), IVOP: 38.01 (unch), UVXY: 15.05 (+0.74), VIIX: 34.54 (+0.84), CVOL: 0.84 (+0.06), VXZ: 12.57 (+0.11), VIIZ: 17.43 (+0.30), XXV: 38.28 (unch), SVXY: 68.04 (-1.70), XIV: 34.64 (-0.89), VIXY: 17.01 (+0.43)
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: 19.48 (+0.34), TVIX: 1.70 (+0.08), VIXM: 61.09 (+0.58), XVIX: 17.02 (+0.07), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), IVOP: 38.01 (unch), UVXY: 15.05 (+0.74), CVOL: 0.84 (+0.06), VXZ: 12.57 (+0.11), XIV: 34.64 (-0.89), SVXY: 68.04 (-1.70), XVZ: 28.83 (+0.01), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), ZIV: 42.08 (-0.41), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), VIIX: 34.54 (+0.84), VIIZ: 17.43 (+0.30), XXV: 38.28 (unch), VIXY: 17.01 (+0.43)
Look for Shares of VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN to Potentially Pullback after Yesterday's 2.26% Rise
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Mar 16, 4:20PM CDT
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $32.10 to a high of $32.84. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.3%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $32.60 on volume of 13.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
VXX - Our Short Captured 15% In 1 Month, But Volatility Is Back
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 7:28PM CDT
TVIX: 1.70 (+0.08), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), UVXY: 15.05 (+0.74), XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
Watch for VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN to Potentially Rebound After Falling 3.11% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Mar 10, 4:18PM CDT
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $31.07 to a high of $31.85. Yesterday, the shares fell 3.1%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $31.95 on volume of 20.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
What To Do With Quiet Markets?
Adam Grimes - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 1:47PM CST
Just a high level perspective on what we have going on in a few major markets this week. In general, most markets are in some kind of volatility compression . Volatility compression is a term that basically means current volatility conditions are...
TVIX: 1.70 (+0.08), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), IVOP: 38.01 (unch), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), UVXY: 15.05 (+0.74), VIIX: 34.54 (+0.84), XXV: 38.28 (unch), VIXY: 17.01 (+0.43), SVXY: 68.04 (-1.70), XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
After Yesterday's Rally of 3.36% Shares Could Potentially Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Mar 02, 4:00PM CST
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $32.79 to a high of $33.88. Yesterday, the shares gained 3.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $33.71 on volume of 12.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
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: 19.48 (+0.34), TVIX: 1.70 (+0.08), VIXM: 61.09 (+0.58), XVIX: 17.02 (+0.07), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), IVOP: 38.01 (unch), UVXY: 15.05 (+0.74), VXZ: 12.57 (+0.11), CVOL: 0.84 (+0.06), XIV: 34.64 (-0.89), SVXY: 68.04 (-1.70), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), XVZ: 28.83 (+0.01), ZIV: 42.08 (-0.41), VIIX: 34.54 (+0.84), VIIZ: 17.43 (+0.30), XXV: 38.28 (unch), VIXY: 17.01 (+0.43)
Downtrend Call Working As VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Stock Falls 18.0% (XIV)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 19, 9:23AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) on December 10th, 2014 at $35.66. In approximately 2 months, VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN has returned 17.98% as of today's recent price of $29.25.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
Watch for VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 6.12% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 12, 3:57PM CST
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $27.89 to a high of $29.18. Yesterday, the shares gained 6.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $27.68 on volume of 17.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
Downtrend Call Working As VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Stock Falls 23.2% (XIV)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Feb 11, 4:56PM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) on December 10th, 2014 at $35.66. In approximately 2 months, VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN has returned 23.25% as of today's recent price of $27.37.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
U.S. Equity Volatility Is 'Back To Average'
ValueWalk - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 3:30AM CST
By Michael Ide Morgan Stanley says that it's understandable that volatility us up for most asset classes, but sees room for US equity volatility to fall again. Volatility is up across the board, in some cases from historic lows to recent highs,...
TVIX: 1.70 (+0.08), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), IVOP: 38.01 (unch), UVXY: 15.05 (+0.74), VIIX: 34.54 (+0.84), XXV: 38.28 (unch), VIXY: 17.01 (+0.43), SVXY: 68.04 (-1.70), XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
Short-Term VIX Futures Products Should Be Avoided Until Better Opportunities Arise
Nathan Buehler - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 2:03PM CST
VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), UVXY: 15.05 (+0.74), XIV: 34.64 (-0.89), SVXY: 68.04 (-1.70)
After Yesterday's Decline of 4.24%, VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Offers Investors Better Value
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Feb 06, 3:38PM CST
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $26.06 to a high of $28.36. Yesterday, the shares fell 4.2%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $26.61 on volume of 30.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
iPath S&P 500 VIX - Why I'm Selling The VIX Here
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 1:13PM CST
TVIX: 1.70 (+0.08), MTUM: 70.30 (-0.81), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), ZIV: 42.08 (-0.41), UVXY: 15.05 (+0.74), OIL: 10.05 (-0.22), NBG: 1.28 (-0.01), XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)
Shares of XIV Down 22.4% Since Downtrend Call on Shares
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Feb 04, 11:14AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) on December 10th, 2014 at $35.66. In approximately 2 months, VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN has returned 22.41% as of today's recent price of $27.67.
XIV: 34.64 (-0.89)