Market Makers

A favorite boogieman to many traders, Market Makers are an indispensable ingredient that ensures liquidity, without which[…]

Shorting from $2.4 billion to $10

(And from $40 to $2,400,000,000) After backing out UVXY’s 10 reverse splits, the initial price at inception[…]

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IV is Overstated

“There is no edge in selling options.” I’ve heard this many times as an argument to try[…]

Log Style Charting

A standard 10 year chart of UVXY tells quite the story. Change the display to logarithmic and[…]

Hedging – A Beta Perspective

Every shorter of volatility has asked at one time or another if there is an effective way[…]

Chart Watching for Relationships

On my live screen I always have the following charts up: UVXY, /ES, VIX, /VX M1, and[…]

What is UVXY

UVXY is an exchange traded product from ProShares that is based purely on a calculation, which unlike[…]

Binary Events

Markets hedge uncertainty and hedge buying sends the VIX index higher. Some future events can hold significant[…]

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All Time Lows

UVXY’s long term chart makes one thing obvious, that there is no ‘bottom’. In its design to[…]