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  1. TheBigShort

    Shorting the VIX

    The thing is, the vix product you are trading is not the cash price. If it was, many smart traders would have arbed the shit out of IG, causing IG to close the product. I was trying to figure out what the "cash" vix is that they have. Still not sure.
  2. TheBigShort

    Shorting the VIX

    you have to be kidding me
  3. TheBigShort

    Shorting the VIX

    They are marketing it like it is spot
  4. TheBigShort

    Shorting the VIX

    does anyone know what this product actually tracks? It's not the Cash price and its not the front month future.
  5. TheBigShort

    Shorting the VIX

    Can you link me to the website? If this is true, you could do a lot more exciting things than just betting on spot direction. I find this hard to believe
  6. TheBigShort

    Shorting the VIX

    You can't short spot VIX. You can only short the futures. When VIX is high, the futures price some type of mean reversion. You can't short SPX options or var swaps because realized vol is usually outpacing implied at those levels. Every time you think of something where the situation is "how...
  7. TheBigShort

    Buying options and avoiding crush during times of high vol

    If you are long realized vol you are usually long implied vol. So you have exposure to "vol crush". Which is what the OP was concerned about
  8. TheBigShort

    Buying options and avoiding crush during times of high vol

    So you want to be long vol without having exposure to "vol crush". That is a very tall order
  9. TheBigShort

    Get Ready For A Wild Earnings Season

    hmmm...I will think about it. Didn't want to broadcast earnings anymore because it might bring in some new money to the strategy. I have put a lot of work into it my current models.
  10. TheBigShort

    Get Ready For A Wild Earnings Season

    Hey Matt, It worked great. This is v nice feature. I have a couple of questions about three variables. 1) I don't understand what the difference is between ImpErnMv and ImpliedEarningsMv 2) What is ImpErn90 3) What is impliedEE vs impliedee I have read over the documentation many times but...
  11. TheBigShort

    Get Ready For A Wild Earnings Season

    Hey Matt, can I access this chart above as a member? You guys have so many features, I am not to sure why I only limit myself to the API. Would you mind sending me the link to this platform?
  12. TheBigShort

    Get Ready For A Wild Earnings Season

    Lol I love how you always call me TBT. Maybe I should change my handle to "Throw back Thursday". Implied moves are insane this quarter. If matt plotted this on RUT for example, you would see we are really high up on the chart. Many small cap stocks implied move are like 2-3x the average move...
  13. TheBigShort

    Get Ready For A Wild Earnings Season

    Thanks for posting this Matt
  14. TheBigShort

    Lets talk variance

    If you knew him IRL you would be embarrassed. Dude, you talk about 6 simga moves and your hard on for Taleb all the time. Everyone on this board knows you are to scared to place a trade. I also don't think anyone here takes you seriously.
  15. TheBigShort

    How to gamble

    Holy F#ck you still have $1000?
  16. TheBigShort

    The hunt for crisis alpha

    Thnaks for pointing this out. I will try and find the links and post here
  17. TheBigShort

    Long term bear ETFs (decay)

    This graph is a good starting point.
  18. TheBigShort

    The hunt for crisis alpha

    Single stocks can be down more than 20% in a day.
  19. TheBigShort

    The hunt for crisis alpha

    That's not very smart. You would lose all your extrinsic value if you exercised your option. However, maybe I was not clear. You sell the same day expiration option. After a 20% drop the stock stops trading for the day.
  20. TheBigShort

    The hunt for crisis alpha

    You sell the put below the 20% circuit breaker. Why would you exercise? It would have 0 intrinsic value.
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