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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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    Video #130)  VTS Aggressive Vol strategy explanation
    Brent Osachoff
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #130) VTS Aggressive Vol strategy explanation

    With a 20% allocation within the Leveraged Total Portfolio, the VTS Aggressive Vol strategy tactically rotates between positions in eithe...
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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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    Video #129)  The Double Uncertainty of investing
    Brent Osachoff
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #129) The Double Uncertainty of investing

    Basing trade decisions on unknown binary events would be bad enough if it was just that the outcome is unknown. However, there's another...
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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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    Video #128)  Here's why you should regularly add money to your investment account.
    Brent Osachoff
    • Oct 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #128) Here's why you should regularly add money to your investment account.

    A lot of investors don't realize just how powerful the effect of compounding can be. In this video I'll show real numbers for the massiv...
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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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    Video #127)  Tactical Investing Part 2  -  How we move to safety positions
    Brent Osachoff
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #127) Tactical Investing Part 2 - How we move to safety positions

    In this video I show the real daily trade signal emails and why we moved to safety positions during all the most recent market crashes. W...
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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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    Video #126)  Tactical Investing part 1  -  Buy & Hold sucks!
    Brent Osachoff
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #126) Tactical Investing part 1 - Buy & Hold sucks!

    I've planted my flag firmly in the Tactical Investing camp as opposed to the old buy and hold. In this part 1, I'll explain what I mean ...
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    Video #125)  VXX  -  Buy High Sell Low  -  Debunked!
    Brent Osachoff
    • Sep 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #125) VXX - Buy High Sell Low - Debunked!

    It's a popular belief that volatility ETP's derive their price because they are buying expensive VIX futures and selling them for cheaper...
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    Video #124)  Don't Do This!  -  Series Ep #1  -  Short UVXY Straddles
    Brent Osachoff
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #124) Don't Do This! - Series Ep #1 - Short UVXY Straddles

    There's many trading strategies that appear to be a good idea in theory, but in a practical application they are a disaster waiting to ha...
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    Video #123)  VXX is NOT broken
    Brent Osachoff
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #123) VXX is NOT broken

    One of the most important aspects of successfully trading volatility ETPs is to actually understand how they work and the mechanism as to...
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    Video #122)  BIG Short Volatility Profit, unless...
    Brent Osachoff
    • Aug 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #122) BIG Short Volatility Profit, unless...

    The relationship between the VIX futures and the VIX index are stretched to the extreme, which under the right conditions may mean profit...
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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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    Video #121)  Leveraged VB Threshold strategy  -  40% / year
    Brent Osachoff
    • Aug 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Video #121) Leveraged VB Threshold strategy - 40% / year

    For investors with a higher level of risk tolerance, they may want to take the already killer VTS VB Threshold strategy and add a little ...
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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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