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Since its 2011 inception, UVXY has had 8 spikes over 100%. Below are the months and degree of each peak As of April 2023, UVXY has been trading for 11.5 years with 8 major spikes. This averages out to a major spike every 1.44 years or once every 17.25 months.
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A standard 10 year chart of UVXY tells quite the story. Change the display to logarithmic and the story changes. Standard charts display changes in terms absolute values. If you start with a $100,000 short in UVXY in 2011, this standard chart would show you your profit and loss from that initial trade. Notice that
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UVXY is an exchange traded product from ProShares that is based purely on a calculation, which unlike other traded underlyings is not affected by direct supply and demand forces UVXY’s price is governed by a single effect; the percent change in a combination of front and second month VX futures on a daily basis. It’s