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16 hours ago
4 min

VXX Puts & Calls vs Short VXX - How as 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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Brent Osachoff

Jul 27
5 min

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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Brent Osachoff

Jul 21
3 min

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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Brent Osachoff

Jun 17
4 min

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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Brent Osachoff

May 20
4 min

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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Brent Osachoff

May 18
3 min

Defense at the cost of offense? - TPS top 10 gains and losses

VTS Community, One of the core principles in my overarching investing philosophy is that I believe it's far more important to be conserva...

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Brent Osachoff

Apr 21
5 min

Read this before considering adding leverage to VTS strategies

Due to the sheer number of questions I get regarding adding leverage to the VTS strategies, I will (reluctantly) add leveraged sub-page...

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Brent Osachoff

Apr 18
5 min

Short S&P 500 instead of Gold?

Question: Why don't you short the S&P 500 instead of buying Gold? (VTS Tactical Balanced strategy) This question is most commonly asked...

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Brent Osachoff

Apr 16
6 min

Real performance vs backtests

VTS Community, I've added several new questions to the website Q&A, but I'm also starting in on some of the more interesting ones, and I w...

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Brent Osachoff

Mar 30
4 min

The best Offense is a good Defense

VTS Community, "The best defense is a good offense" I'm sure you've heard this saying before right? The idea that the best path to victo...

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Brent Osachoff

Mar 26
5 min

Here's why "Correlations" matter

VTS Community: Correlation and why it's so important: Studies show the average investor only makes about a 2-3% rate of return in the lon...

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Brent Osachoff

Mar 6
7 min

Long Volatility is a frustrating trade - Let me show you why

VTS Community, Everybody who dips a toe in the volatility pool eventually has dreams of hitting that perfect buy on something like VXX ju...

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Brent Osachoff

Mar 5
4 min

All VTS Strategy Trade Frequency

We have a very large VTS community (members from 57 countries now) and everyone is going to have their own "ideal" trade frequency. - ...

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Brent Osachoff

Feb 27
4 min

I'm not a bull or a bear - I manage risk and trade the market we have

This latest stock market crash has yet again brought one fundamental truism of investing into the light. It's something that really shou...

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Brent Osachoff

Feb 26
5 min

An introduction to beta - What is the VIX:SPX beta?

In the investing world, beta is generally referring to an individual security's return in relation to the movement of the underlying benc...

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Brent Osachoff

Feb 18
5 min

VTS Cash VIX Oscillator

I hope everyone had a great holiday long weekend and are ready to get back into it. As promised I'm going to go over a new addition to t...

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Brent Osachoff

Feb 12
6 min

If you trade Volatility ETPs (VXX) you need to understand this!

VTS Community, We jumped into a new Long VXX Put option trade (stock replacement through options) in the Tactical Volatility strategy yes...

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Brent Osachoff

Jan 21
7 min

VTS VXX Crush Level

On January 30th, 2009 the volatility landscape changed forever with the introduction of the world's first volatility exchange traded prod...

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Brent Osachoff

Jan 16
5 min

Here's why I don't short Volatility when Volatility is too low

The VTS Tactical Volatility strategy moved to cash two days ago after a very good run in the most recent series of trades. All totalled ...

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Brent Osachoff

Jan 2
7 min

Volatility Trading Strategies is now 8 years old! Here's how it evolved

Now that we're into 2020, Volatility Trading Strategies has officially been going for 8 years now and I thought I'd give a little VTS tim...

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