Volatility Trading Strategies

VTS Community, Given all the uncertainties in the market right now, Evergrande, Fed taper talk, the debt ceiling, volatility metrics are...

VTS Community, Great question from Michael today that maybe some others in the community are wondering as well: "Do you think the...

- Is the average US income 62,500, 43,200, or closer to 35,000? - Is the average VIX index 19.49, 17.44, or something in the 12's? Want...

VTS Community, Growth vs Value correlation is at extreme lows: When trying to gauge the pulse of market participants and potential risk...

Looking at historical S&P 500 performance is fine, but what's more important is trying to determine what it will do starting today going...

We've done Contango is Ep.1 so the next step is an understanding of the opposite which is called Backwardation. Can it be used to signal...

There's a lot of interesting data we need to look at in order to try to predict when the next UVXY and VXX reverse split will be, so it's...

VTS Community, Decoupling from the market is hard sometimes... I've mentioned this in a few livestreams and people are always surprised...

The Volatility Lingo series will be extensive, but I think the best place to start is an understanding of something that is key for all...

The VIX futures are on quite a run and haven't dipped into backwardation in a LONG time. Let's talk about it. Want to join the Awesome...

The Rent vs Buy a home decision isn't nearly as simple as many people think. I hear it said so often that renting is like flushing money...

VTS Community, Tactical Balanced strategy since Jul 17, 2006 * Remember live trading started January 1st, 2012, but since the strategy is...

I've often been asked to do this so here we go! Get to know me, ask me anything, and don't mind me, I'm going to have a few glasses of...

VTS Community, I've timestamped our most recent livestream from Saturday and will send that out to the general VTS newsletter today so...

I hear so often that the average VIX is around 20, and since it's close to that now we must be in a normal market. I would strongly push...

VTS Community, Today I'd like to preemptively answer an important question that I suspect might start coming up soon in my email inbox. ...

M1:M2 VIX futures backwardation represents periods of market risk and uncertainty. So the big question is, what asset classes perform...

I've always believed that focusing on risk management and drawdown reduction is by far the best way to boost long term investing...

This is a very common statement I see out there, people thinking that short stocks is easy. All you have to do is wait for the VIX...

VTS Community, I've added a new graphic to the Volatility Dashboard section above that will be updated daily going forward. It's not...

In my opinion, here are the best options trade types for AMC and other high flying stocks. Given the risk, we need to focus on safer...

In this livestream we talk about some of the trades that people may think are good ideas, but actually have many pitfalls to watch out...

We've done the WORST trades, so now it's time to talk about some of the best: Want to join the Awesome VTS Community * All information,...