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iPath® Series B S&P 500® VIX Short-Term Futures ETN
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Returns on leveraged securities vs non-leveraged (UVIX vs VXX)
Best ways to profit from market crashes/downswings? Options on volatility ETP/ETF?
PROOF the Fed is manipulating the VIX
So i have this friend who thinks he has a new and winning strategy....
Long-awaited Case against beloved $VXX is finally here!
Straddle VXX option play today (quadruple/triple witching day)?
Question about Option "Market" sell orders when not enough bids.
Volatility at a five year low
I think I'm done trading options. Here are my opinions. Am I wrong? Civil conversation welcome.
Barclays bank likely behind most recent JPY/USD exchange rate rigging
Is VXX a great chance for short-squeezing?
"BULL TRAP RALLY" is coming...!!! Are you prepared for Jackson hole.
It's time to long the VIX; $VIXY supporting Thesis.
So what is it that's not priced into the market? How bad is it?
VXX Chart; People betting on Volatility soon. Are they going to block you guys from BUYing the VXX again? I already jumped in this morning, too f**ing late to block me! But if you can't buy, how will I make tendies?
Since we're just throwing around charts, isn't the VXX kinda low for how scary things should feel right now?
VXX lotto Calls but where the chances of it hitting are actually almost guaranteed?
I Dream of Bulls and Bears Frolicking: Is there a WSB Flavored Straddle We Can All Agree Tastes Great
I Dream of Bulls and Bears Frolicking: Is there a WSB Flavored Straddle/Strangle We Can All Agree Tastes Great?
VXX explosion this week, still no new issuance
VXX still broken. Shares locked, vulnerable to blow up next week
PSA: VXX will be, at some undetermined time, dropping in price to correct for Barclay's error. Advise is to not touch it. (VIXY is okay, not affected).
Press Release: Barclay's clarifies halt of share issuances for ETNs (VXX, OIL)
🥚 Yield Curve. Stagflation. Fed Rate Hikes. World War. Oil Prices. Pandemic. End of Stimulus. Evergrande. Margins. Unwinding. Rigged Markets. Fake Markets. Bubble burst. Bear Markets. 🥚
So you are telling me, I could have gotten all my $50k loss (short option play gone wrong+stupid loss avoidance) repaid by BarCap if I had just kept the VXX a little while longer? Anyone with some wrinkles that can explain this to me?
What happened to my Call Option? I am open to anything guys. It went over 3000%.
Barclays Broke $VXX | DD & Trading Opportunities
Most Overlooked Opportunity of 2022 | $VXX
VXX and VIX price imbalance ~ can someone help me out? I think it's the market recognizing that a bearish period is coming to stay
Barclay's Suspended VXX ETN Share Creation - Implications and Trades?
Help me I’m a retard when it comes to ETFs!! What is the difference between VIXY and VXX?
Barclays Suspends Until Further Notice Further Sales and Issuances of [VXX and OIL]
Step 1: Open Brokerage | Step 2: Take Money out of Losing Positions | Step 3: Invest in VXX
VXX is going to break a lot higher!! Mark my words
Stalking the Bear: VXX weakness not leading to market strength?!?!
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Maybe VXX just isn't open on tuesdays.
I bought call yesterday, VXX calls
VXX saying, man f\*ck this shit
I bought Hundreds of VXX shares on friday, lets goooo
Smh Waiting. Bear Man. Diamond Bear. Shorted SMH premarket Friday, Got that VXX. Fucking Hate stocks. Just like the Money.
Holding VXX between my crossed fingers.. mango is way overdue for a rage tweet.
Ok I’m buying VXX, this is a squeeze. Volatility and price are about to both start moving up in tandem from this point forward.
I had full port VXX on Friday and closed it out when I saw not one sign of a pullback. Definitely regretting closing that.
Grateful for your insights, thanks! And your good eyes spotted the delta! Turns out delta-neutrality had a single mention in the chapter which I missed. It was buried among a dozen references to a 1:1.5 ratio, making the ratio seem the important thing. Thanks for clearing that up! Yes I'm trying to make money on vol. Just hope I'm working with the correct vol lol because these VIX instruments seem to introduce the *volatility of vol* as another moving part to worry about. I guess I mean that besides delta, this hedge will (I think) negative vega exposure to the volatility of VXX itself. Dunno if that's an example of vol of vol. Thanks again!
Glad I switched VXX calls last Wednesday. TACO shits the bed again.
The thing about about subbing vix calls for vxx is that vxx isn't tracking the vix. Same for the other long etp's. VXX holds a basket of the front 2 vix futures contracts. And everyday selling the front month month contract to buy a portion of the 2nd month. To keep a rolling 30-day exposure. So, its tracking the vix futures and not the index. You probably can do it but just know the product itself isn't tracking the vix.
Exited my VXX puts today and switched into calls. Everyone knows Vence is too busy choking on that hairy Arab cock to talk peace with Iran. Ceasefire will be over by market open.
I am prepared to watch my VXX puts lose all their value between now and open. TACO always capitulates twice.
VXX might get entertaining. Which comes back to what I think is the biggest issue here. It is not the rapid inclusion, which is iffy enough, it is the math. This new "3x float rule" could create tremendous upward pressure on the IPO's price as the indexes seek three times the number of shares that are available. And then that money has to come from somewhere, so presumably other stocks are being sold. Of course, if I was so smart I would have a big house on Coogee Beach.
Obviously if they go public at these valuations totally transparent indexes like VTI get in. Though they do float trade so it happens somewhat slowly. But SP I'm not following. What happens in your mind to finds line VXX?
My VXX calls just sitting, smoking a cigarette, as though the whole world isn’t about to catch on fire.
I’m just going to ignore the fact that you’re asking this question like the US market is the only one that exists. Asia is trading right now. Nikkei, Hang Seng, ASX are all live. Middle East exchanges trade on Sundays. Tadawul, Tel Aviv, Dubai. Forex never closes. Crypto never closes. E-mini S&P futures on Globex open Sunday 6PM ET. European pre-market is pricing in moves hours before NY wakes up. CME oil futures are already reacting. Gold and bonds caught the safe haven bid on Friday’s fear and now reverse on Sunday’s de-escalation. Two moves, two trades, same weekend. Volatility spiked on the escalation, so whoever sold premium into that panic on Friday profits massively on the IV crush Monday. VIX products like UVXY and VXX get obliterated on a gap-up open. Whoever shorted vol over the weekend prints. Credit default swaps on defense, energy, and sovereign debt were repricing OTC in real time all weekend. You escalate on Friday after close, let the fear cook all weekend, let every retail trader panic-set their Monday morning orders. Every stop-loss and limit order sitting on the book is visible to market makers. They know exactly where the liquidity is before the bell even rings. Then you leak a de-escalation on Sunday so the algos can scrape the headline and reprice futures in milliseconds while the smart money front-runs the entire move across every open exchange before US retail even wakes up. The people who move markets don’t need the NYSE bell. They have futures, overseas desks, Globex access, headline-scanning algos, OTC desks, FX desks repricing every USD pair in real time, and dark pool positioning before you even open your brokerage app. You don’t.
Figure technology solution debit spreads, $0.09 spy debit spread, VXX calls.
GLD call makes sense XLE put probably gets you nothing SPY put probably gets you nothing if held too long If you’re trading a scenario setup, you have only one high probability scenario: inflation will show up in CPI reports and everyone knows GLD hedges inflation. World wide inflation is inevitable at this point. The only question is how much and for how long. SPY is too resilient thanks to passive holders and optimists. And there’s evidence the war is cooling down, even though two jets were shot down (one of which is an A/10 which is slow enough to be shot down even when it was newer 4 decades ago; this isn’t evidence of much new difficulty). In essence, I doubt SPY pulls back much from here at all really. But if that’s a scenario you envision, you’d be far better off with VXX calls out of the money because they’re way cheaper and if SPY is going to drop that much, VXX will be moving sky high. That and SQQQ. XLE lags oil price. And even if oil decreases but stays elevated you can expect XLE to only go up. This isn’t like past scenarios, and you and others have outlined why where you’ve mentioned it’s not only the Strait that is impeded but also Russian oil. Oil is definitely going to be elevated for a while… XLE’s value isn’t going anywhere. I’d simplify to GLD calls and VXX calls. Less waste. Even if the war was concluded tonight, GLD still rises as inflation hedge. If you don’t think so then the combo might as well be: GLD calls - **inevitable**, lasting inflation (world wide; only question is how much) VXX calls - in case sentiment get worse SPY calls - in case of early resolution
* UVIX * UVXY * VXX * SPXS * SDOW I believe in diversity.
Easy peasy. VIX divided by VXX
OIL and VXX calls now
Hold some VXX as a hedge especially if it actually dips a lot
Pretty sure for retail, you would need a covid like event. I think I remember some people talking about being able to do this in GDX during covid. Or possibly the situation with VXX a couple of years ago. But even then, its still really difficult.
Whoever said VXX measures volatility doesn’t know what the fuck to sure talking about. They need to change their branding.
I have a lot of SGOV, other bonds and treasuries. I have a large long position in oil that I have been slowly selling. When WTI gets to $150 I will have to sell more. It can't go up forever without hitting global growth, thus reducing demand for oil. Demand destruction. I have puts on JETS for April and want to buy May as well. I have a small position in the QID leveraged inverse ETF. I was in VIX with VXX, but sold. Will buy again if it falls. If you believe USA is trapped in Iran you can take these sorts of positions. If you don't believe this you should avoid such moves.
Yeah i been trying this but its hard to connect with like minded individuals. I dont really want to DM ppl bc i dont want it to come off as a scam or something. I recently made a video on a live trade explaining how i used VXX as a confluence with QQQ for an entries and breakouts in real time. Im thinking of posting it somewhere to gain some traction but not too sure. I have a discord that i started so im trying to stay consistent in there & be fully transparent. But i want it to be a community of individuals collaborating and educating
You can buy VXX, but you really shouldn't unless you know what you're doing. And even if you do know what you're doing, you still shouldn't buy it.
For trading VXX options, I have been experimenting with filters to select conditions that correspond to notably fat tails. I have some interesting results. Apparently I cannot just display the distribution chart here, but the z-score for cumulative tail lift on the left side was 75.88 (from trigger day at close to next-day at close). For some context of that that means, this condition happened 4 times so far in March, with 2 cases of a next-day decline at close beyond -10%… plus a 3rd case that was down more than 18% by close of the 3rd day. Out of more than 6,000 filter combinations that I have evaluated so far, this has among the best Z-scores for left tail lift. This filter kept 880 out of the last 8985 trading days of VIX (so typically about 25 per year).
Bouncing like a kid on a new trampoline .$VXX on the way up $SVXY on the way down. Easy money
The actual VIX, not VXX or any other meaningless instrument
VXX puts weren't a bad play today.
Not sure. But maybe VXX SPXS? These are more for bear markets than stagflation. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can answer.
Thanks for sharing. The wrestling guy makes this legendary. But IMO, you have a lot of cash and you need to survive on it. If you have to trade it why not trade on something you know will still leave you with something tomorrow? Like, wheel VXX or USO if you **must** gamble. But if you want to survive, wheel BRK-B, UNH, or SMH. Or IGV. These will keep you afloat.
If everyone thinks the crash will be that bad, why are you guys saying you’ll stay out of the market? Shouldn’t you be fully leveraged on VXX, SQQQ, and every put trade you can think of? Market probably goes sideways with a slow decline. Some sectors will still do well, like energy, materials, military, and staples.
There has actually been an unusual shit ton of SPY puts for March 20 bought for 630s-640s strikes over the past 2-3 weeks, plus VXX 36-38 calls, some big players piling in, continuing even today. Next week will be interesting.
Hope my SPY puts and VXX calls I bought at close print tomorrow. If they do, will switch to calls for a bounce but who knows what the futures hold
Someone this retarded should just hold VXX and get back to working the drive thru
Is there anything that actually tracks VIX that you can buy options on? VIX up 17% and VXX is only up 8%
I'll full cum. I need VXX back over 40 to dump these bags. 🤣
THE FUCKING MOMENT I capitulated on my VXX puts it legs down mightily and the position doubles 🤡
Everyday, buy VXX at close and sell at open... Is it really that easy??
This is why I switched from VXX, USO calls to puts today. This skirmish is ending soon
I've been playing a little gay cub lately and probably will a few more days while everyone thinks Iran can last longer than a week in this "war". They can't, though. What little navy they had is destroyed. Their air defense is gone. Attack jets are flying freely across Iran. Their ability to build new missiles is gone. Their ability to wage "war" is almost finished. March VXX, USO calls & SPY, QQQ puts have been paying out and I plan to flip these to April puts & calls soon.
USO, VXX calls & SPY, QQQ puts here
VXX today. IRGC standing on business.
I've been playing a little gay cub lately and probably will a few more days while everyone thinks Iran can last longer than a week in this "war". They can't, though. What little navy they had is destroyed. Their air defense is gone. Attack jets are flying freely across Iran. Their ability to build new missiles is gone. Their ability to wage "war" is almost finished. March VXX, USO calls & SPY, QQQ puts have been paying out and I plan to flip these to April calls soon.
This time I PROMISE to take my VXX gains 🤡
This is too advanced for you. Just hodl VXX until you're ready to stop being a dumbass.
I need a full on panic week. Like SPY down 10%. Then we can go back to ripping. Moral of the story, don't buy and hold VXX kids. 🤣
VXX, oil, and gold. FXF for the long run. Out of all US equities
USO, VXX calls & SPY, QQQ puts here
Buy the VIX below 13 is free money $VXX
I used to short UVXY and VXX whenever they’d have a spike. So around 1-5 trades a day. Overall I think it’s only worth it if you exit the losing position quickly, but I don’t think it’s sustainable over a prolonged period of time ( 1 year or more) since a volatility spike ends up with you being kicked out of the trade and at a major loss.
When I closed the VXX trade at the ask at the knife down this morning at open, I went out on the bridge wing to look at the clear blue water of the Bahamas and revel in my own success. I felt a fart creeping and I forced it out, attempting to make a sound worthy of a ship's horn. But the gods saw my hubris and cast dispersions onto my anus hole, and I felt the warm trickling of diarrhea spread down my legs. I was humbled not by the markets but by my own humanity.
When I closed the VXX trade at the ask at the knife down this morning at open, I went out on the bridge wing to look at the clear blue water of the Bahamas and revel in my own success. I felt a fart creeping and I forced it out, attempting to make a sound worthy of a ship's horn. But the gods saw my hubris and cast dispersions onto my anus hole, and I felt the warm trickling of diarrhea spread down my legs. I was humbled not by the markets but by my own humanity.
I remember when playing VXX was fun and then they moved the goal posts
VXX is a long term investment
VXX quietly trending up, fxf near all time high, AI cash burn insane. Seems like a bunch of dry timber waiting for a match. Don't try to time it, just trade the ride down
You can not buy shares of VIX, it is an index. What you can buy, the VIX-linked ETPs (VXX, UVXY) experience severe, compounding, and consistent decay (often 48%-59% annually)
I took profits on my VXX calls cuz I'm a silly bitch.
VXX up almost %7. timfugginburrr
I like the part where VXX said, its Vxxing time! And then vxx'ed all over us...
Right now I'm essentially short on SPY, SLV, and USO, and long on TLT and VXX Please God, let the market open the way futures are right now and I promise that I'll never touch myself again
Yes VXX call or UVXY shares. Agree and agree
Some of you aren't watching VIX futures rise along with the market and it shows. VXX
amazing how some random person online invented the best trading method: hedging bad news by shorting btc.way better than VXX.UVXY or puts.
I’m glad I bought VXX calls
I’m glad I bought VXX calls. 🚀
My VXX calls say fk you! Up we go!
VXX calls are calling my name...thots?
Tomorrow might be a good day to short VIX in some way. I'll be looking at ATM, VIX, UVXY, and VXX put spreads. But I'm sure you all think spreads are regarded. For those that must buy calls out of stubbornness, some extremely liquid SVXY leaps will do the trick
I sell cash secured puts with good success beside swing trading and being outright long AI and related theme stocks. I am not initiating any new put sells because the US government run by a mad man is spinning out of control and anything can happen. I have been trading since the late 60's and I sense this time it is really going to be different specially if trillions managed by robo tradres are getting loose at the same time. I have reduced positions, putting on VXX hedges and started putting on far out of the money bearish put spreads.
you guys should really start looking at after hours volume short quantum except CCCX vix calls: VXX short crypto: ethd & mstz long oil and nat gas stocks: VG DVN UCO short semis: SOXS buy china: KWEB MCHI CPNG
I take VIX and VXX being green the last 3 days as more suspicious.
Did someone roofie the VIX?? 14? Really, Mr VIx?? Yolo'd 10k in VXX in the overnight. At some point this dude's gonna wake up from his bender, find his wallet gone, shit smeared all over the walls, and freak out
VXX and UVXY with a complete dump We have seen the low for SPY today for a long, LONG time
honestly might be time to by VXX calls few months out volatility is lowest and will increase next month
Just boring shares in VXX and whatnot, exit on the next vol event, save powder for VIX sub 12 to be safe
Just slowly putting a few more grand into VXX/UVIX until the next vol event then back to SPY and DPXL shares on the next dip to preserve my early 2026 lead on SPY
I'm not saying to pump all your money into it right now, but boring VXX/UVIX will print to fuck at some point in Q1
VXX Barclays. I have a whopping $90 worth I can't touch anyway. It's like ronco set it anf forget it.
Just bought 1k of VXX @$29.63. It ain’t sexy but I need to hold something that’s gonna go up soon.
and the VXX you rode in on!!!!!
Ok I'll give you one thing to think about: why if you were buying SPY puts instead of VXX calls? 1/ What would be the benefit for the overall portfolio hedging? 2/ Which scenario will be cheaper from an hedging cost perspective? Good luck.
Thanks, the comments in this thread have greatly increased my understanding of VXX.
Ohh I know, I've traded vol etp's a bunch. My sarcasm comes from telling someone who doesn't seem to have the greatest idea of what the product they're wanting to trade is. Especially to do it by selling naked calls. Even benn eifert has told a story of himself getting margin called on VXX and he does this for a living. That's my gripe. It's def a trade you can make money consistently with but you gotta know somewhat what you're doing and have an understanding of what the product even is, no?
SVIX and the etp's track vix futures, not the index. You're also better off probably buying calls on UVXY, UVIX, or VXX. Also, trying to predict spikes is hard and you're more than likely going to lose money on this but good luck.
>You can trade derivatives on the index to match it on short timescales. But then they expire and you need to buy new ones, generally at a different price than the ones which expired, so your returns over time will not look like a chart of VIX. Both options on VIX and the futures in VXX are such derivatives. >I’d love to know if this is a better option than VXX for hedges. That depends on what you are hedging. There's not a general answer to that question other than: if you don't already know, then you shouldn't touch any volatility derivatives.
You can buy options on a ticker labeled “dot VIX” (.VIX) on fidelity that seems to track VIX closely. I’d love to know if this is a better option than VXX for hedges. I would post a screenshot but comments section does not seem to allow.
Thank you for the reply/comment. I had been looking at the VXX chart which is quite deceptive due to all the reverse splits. The chart, like the cake in Portal, is a lie :-)