Even More Massive Than The VIX Drop
[kc_row use_container=”yes” _id=”64236″][kc_column width=”12/12″ video_mute=”no” _id=”307671″][kc_column_text _id=”232391″] The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Red: Volatility Is Likely To be Stable or Drop. Hey Traders, VIX closed at lows not seen since January 12th settling at 18.57, down 1.06 points on the day. Only a few weeks ago traders would have sworn up and down […]
Time To Short VIX?
Hey Trader, The VIX may “only” technically be down about 0.3 points to start the week … But in reality, volatility is down quite a bit more than that. Is it time to get short? Here is your answer. Thanks to the Weekend Effect (which causes VIX to be artificially inflated on Mondays), though the […]
These VIX ETPs are Taking Off!
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Red: Volatility Is Likely To Remain Stable or Fall. Hey Traders, On Thursday, the market fell apart at the end of the day. But that is not what I was paying attention to. What I was watching was 1x Short VIX Futures ETF Fund […]
The 2 Newest Ways To Trade Vol
Hey Traders, Yesterday was the official launch of not one, but TWO new VIX exchange traded products (ETPs). But before you run off to start buying, selling, and trading these new ETPs on the block … There’s some things you REALLY need to know. Here is what they are. First, let’s look at a few […]
How To Use VIX ETPs to Play The Sub-20 VIX
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Red: Volatility Is Likely To be Stable or Drop. Hey Traders, VIX closed on Wednesday at 18.90, below 19 for the 1st time since January 12th. But the VIX futures are not nearly as low. We currently have a MASSIVE near-term contango in VIX […]
A Market Full Of Landmines & VIX Got Smoked?!
[kc_row use_container=”yes” _id=”697137″][kc_column width=”12/12″ video_mute=”no” _id=”21107″][kc_column_text _id=”310131″] The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Red: Volatility Is Likely To be Stable or Drop. Hey Traders, The market still has a lot of potential landmines in front of it. But for now, it appears that the general direction of the market is going to be higher, […]
Big Money’s Take On VIX
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Yellow: Volatility Is Likely To Move Hey Traders, Almost all of the indicators for the Option Pit VIX Traffic Light are now red. I could actually flip the light to red, if I wanted to. But I want to give it a day more. Not because I am […]
Behind the Scenes of This Week’s Big VIX Move
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Yellow: Volatility Is Likely To Move. Hey Traders, Earlier this week, we saw our Option Pit VIX Traffic Light switch to yellow … Indicating we should prepare for volatility to make a big move. And move it did … Now, the thing about a yellow light some people […]
How I’d Trade This VIX ETP
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Yellow: Volatility Is Likely To Move. Hey Traders, On Wednesday, the market sold off 1.23%. The VIX was up 0.63 points to 23.57, ending an absolute crush of volatility. But take a look at ProShares Ultra VIX Short Term Futures ETF (Ticker: UVXY) and iPath S&P 500 VIX […]
Strange VIX Paper…
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Yellow: Volatility Is Likely To Move Hey Traders, One of the things we stress here at Option Pit is risk vs reward. If I am going to take down risk, I better get a good reward for taking that risk. Sometimes I see big paper doing things that […]