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    Article #610)  Monthly Challenge  -  Track expenses, save and invest an extra 100$ / mo for 40 years
    Brent Osachoff
    • Jan 5
    • 3 min

    Article #610) Monthly Challenge - Track expenses, save and invest an extra 100$ / mo for 40 years

    I don't know how many of you will remember, but one year ago at the beginning of 2020 I put out a video talking about 12 monthly challeng...
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    Article #609)  How often do the VTS strategies change position on the same day?
    Brent Osachoff
    • Dec 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    Article #609) How often do the VTS strategies change position on the same day?

    Hopefully everyone had a fantastic Christmas! One more party and overindulgence of food later this week for New Years, and then we're of...
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    Article #608)  What is an average VIX?  -  Mean reversion / Mode reversion
    Brent Osachoff
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #608) What is an average VIX? - Mean reversion / Mode reversion

    VTS Community, It's been a rough 2020 all around the world and we're not quite out of it just yet. Cases of Covid are still very high in...
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    Article #607)  Comparing S&P 500 vs S&P 400, and why different indexes move differently
    Brent Osachoff
    • Dec 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #607) Comparing S&P 500 vs S&P 400, and why different indexes move differently

    VTS Community, Something that can be pretty frustrating for traders is when you're watching your "stocks" position in whatever you are tr...
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    Article #606)  Can Silver be used instead of Gold for Tactical Investing?
    Brent Osachoff
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    Article #606) Can Silver be used instead of Gold for Tactical Investing?

    Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! As a Canadian I don't really celebrate, but I'm definitely jealous when I look at everyone's tra...
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    Article #605)  Ignore short term noise -  Focus on the long-term process
    Brent Osachoff
    • Nov 13, 2020
    • 5 min

    Article #605) Ignore short term noise - Focus on the long-term process

    I want to state from the outset here, this is going to seem incredibly self serving today.  I'm essentially going to be cheerleading my s...
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    Article #604)  How to deal with bad intraday fill prices
    Brent Osachoff
    • Nov 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #604) How to deal with bad intraday fill prices

    I think everybody understands that prices move around intraday and there can be differences from when the email goes out compared to the ...
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    Article #603)  How to allocate VXX Options in the Tactical Volatility strategy
    Brent Osachoff
    • Nov 12, 2020
    • 3 min

    Article #603) How to allocate VXX Options in the Tactical Volatility strategy

    The Tactical Volatility strategy launched in January 2012, and used the old ETF called XIV for all short volatility positions all the way...
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    Article #602)  Can we replace the S&P 500 based indexes with Nasdaq  (QQQ) ?
    Brent Osachoff
    • Oct 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #602) Can we replace the S&P 500 based indexes with Nasdaq (QQQ) ?

    VTS Q&A question #66:  Can I use QQQ instead of the other stock market ETFs you choose? Check out the VTS Q&A section here. We currently ...
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    Article #601)  Given interest rates are so low, is it even worth holding bonds anymore?
    Brent Osachoff
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #601) Given interest rates are so low, is it even worth holding bonds anymore?

    VTS Community, I'd like to address a topic that seems to be coming up a lot lately.  Given the proximity to the US election and how uncer...
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    Article #600)  Static value vs monthly additions  -  Compounded over 25 years
    Brent Osachoff
    • Oct 13, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #600) Static value vs monthly additions - Compounded over 25 years

    VTS Community, There was a lot of great feedback from yesterdays blog so we'll keep it going with a follow up while it's still fresh in o...
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    Article #599)  The importance of adding money to an investment account
    Brent Osachoff
    • Oct 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #599) The importance of adding money to an investment account

    As I mention a lot, the key to building long term wealth is pretty simple.  Now I am choosing that word "simple" carefully because it sho...
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    Article #598)  Short Volatility  (short VXX)  performance within different volatility ranges
    Brent Osachoff
    • Aug 20, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #598) Short Volatility (short VXX) performance within different volatility ranges

    Continuing on with the theme for the week, which is all about the VB Threshold strategy and its leveraged alternative, I want to discuss ...
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    Article #597)  General Volatility metrics dashboard  -  Short Vol bias, percentile, median
    Brent Osachoff
    • Aug 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #597) General Volatility metrics dashboard - Short Vol bias, percentile, median

    I have updated the General Volatility metrics data table to be the same as the Specialty Volatility metrics table above it. Just keeping...
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    Article #596)  Volatility Barometer  -  % of days in each "decile" range
    Brent Osachoff
    • Aug 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Article #596) Volatility Barometer - % of days in each "decile" range

    The VB Threshold strategy has moved into SVXY for the first time in several months.  That means we're now in the 20-40% range of the Vola...
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    Article #595)  VXX Puts & Calls vs Short VXX  -  How has each done since Feb 18'?
    Brent Osachoff
    • Aug 3, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #595) VXX Puts & Calls vs Short VXX - How has each done since Feb 18'?

    It's been a little while since I last addressed the "VXX Puts vs Short VXX" question so let's revisit this today. That is to say, which ...
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    Article #594)  VTS Tactical Volatility strategy  -  Trade profit/duration data study
    Brent Osachoff
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 5 min

    Article #594) VTS Tactical Volatility strategy - Trade profit/duration data study

    Today is day 7 for our Long VXX Put position within the Tactical Volatility strategy. It was initiated on July 17th and we're still main...
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    Article #593)  All 4 strategies are positioned aggressively, finally!
    Brent Osachoff
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Article #593) All 4 strategies are positioned aggressively, finally!

    VTS Community, As of yesterday we have all 4 of our strategies in what are considered aggressive positions, finally!  This alignment of a...
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    Article #592)  Can VIX futures Contango / Backwardation "time" the S&P 500?
    Brent Osachoff
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #592) Can VIX futures Contango / Backwardation "time" the S&P 500?

    I've made no secret of the fact that I believe the most important aspect of long term investing is avoiding excessive drawdowns. Mathema...
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    Article #591)  Where did contango go?  VIX futures expiration cycle example
    Brent Osachoff
    • May 20, 2020
    • 4 min

    Article #591) Where did contango go? VIX futures expiration cycle example

    I get a lot of people asking how to calculate VIX contango and why it sometimes makes big changes day to day. Since we saw a big change ...
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