I’m one of Jim Cramer’s morons
9 February 2018
When Jim Cramer blamed “a group of complete morons” for the recent market downturn, he didn’t necessarily call out short-vol traders by name, but it certainly isn’t difficult [...]
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Oh, VIX… You so cray-cray
6 February 2018
How ’bout those VIX products, huh? For a few brief moments this morning, when XIV, SVXY, and VXX were all halted, I felt like I was in a Twilight Zone [...]
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The Short Vol Trade: What the hell am I doing with my life?
1 February 2018
When people ask me how I make money, it’s difficult even to know where to begin. As a seller of UVXY calls, I’m trading a derivative (call options) [...]
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UVXY and VXX: Short shares or sell calls?
31 January 2018
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 [...]
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Are you *sure* you’re ready to join the short vol club?
27 January 2018
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 [...]
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Kickin’ it old-school with XIV
23 January 2018
I know it’s not a great idea to dabble when it comes to vol product trading, but when the VIX popped today, I thought I’d try something a [...]
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Weekly options: Don’t buy ’em, don’t sell ’em
19 January 2018
Until recently, I had a terrible habit of selling weekly options. I don’t just mean the options that happen to expire on days other than the third Friday of [...]
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It’s the end of the world as we know it… and I feel fine
18 January 2018
Today I received an e-mail message from one of my concerned students: Hello Mr. Moadel, I’ve been running into a lot of information about a possible recession approaching in 2018, [...]
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UVXY: Do ya feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya?
17 January 2018
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 [...]
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Do Moving Averages Have Any Predictive Value?
16 January 2018
Having posted YouTube videos on just about every popular chart indicator, I’ve become familiar with everything from MACD to stochastics to the Bollinger bands and many more. The most [...]
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