Unlike TVIX, UVXY and VXX are optionable and thus raise the question for the short vol club: Is it better to short shares directly or to take a less direct short position by selling calls? Personal preference will dictate the answer, but for my trading, I’ve been able to surmount the disadvantages of selling calls…
VIX, you got some splaining to do! (In my best Ricky Ricardo voice). I’m hearing and seeing a lot of “what the heck is going on with the VIX and VIX-leveraged ETPs” comments in social media lately. What I’m not seeing is a lot of recognition for prudent institutional investing that has found this investor…
After hearing about the tremendous returns Seth Golden has earned year after year, I felt that my own annual returns, which were already good, could be much better if I joined in the short volatility product trade. This meant taking short positions (or selling calls, buying puts, etc.) on UVXY/VXX/TVIX/VIXY/etc. and/or taking long positions on…
Critics on Twitter, StockTwits, and other social media platforms will tell short sellers (as well as call writers) of UVXY/VXX/etc. that it will require a whole lot of luck to continue to place these trades and not get mauled. My retort to that is that over time and over a large number of trades, it…
Today, as part of the Golden Capital Portfolio holdings update, I will be adjusting capital exposure minimally with iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) and/or ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY). Given the scarcity of shares to borrow in UVXY presently and likely until shares undergo a reverse split later this month or thereafter, VXX…...
