Barclays stops doing VXX?

I suggest you google and read:
The Dynamics of Leveraged and Inverse
People who argue against it don't really understand GBM so it's pointless. In reality, it's equivalent to "naive hedging" of an options contract, except LETFs are continuously convex.
 
People who argue against it don't really understand GBM so it's pointless. In reality, it's equivalent to "naive hedging" of an options contract, except LETFs are continuously convex.

What do you mean continuously convex
 
How many of you are outright short vxx or some form of that.
HA HA... SEEMs LIKE LOT are on the gravy train.. but be warned.. it can explode.. i spoke to vance harwood.-- in a black swan like crash. -it can double./ quadruple. -make margin calls.- etc. so make sure u know what u r doing with it..
its a percentage play. i have been following SPY and VXX and there is no corelation like 1% move make 3% there. its the speed and also the freaking FEAR . ha ha. which is the most difficult human emotion to gauge.- and now u have to accurately put a $ price on it??? wall street. SALUT.. u r amazing !!!
 
The contract does a ton of volume. The reason that product could go away is via regulation/re-classification due to the implicit leverage. I think it has value.

3x-2x leveraged products are the true rip-offs.

Have they come out with the 8x products yet?
 
"Rip-offs"?

There is a cost for vehicles which include leverage... same as if you borrow from your broker and have to have to pay "margin interest".... or paying option premiums... such investments are generally not designed for "long term, buy-and-hold".

If you feel you're being hosed trading 2X-3X ETFs, then you're expectations are wrong.

A lot of people do not like to read, they just want to press a button and expect it to behave like all the other buttons they pressed in the past without reading the instructions.

I am amazed at how people just want to start trading and do not even want to spend time trying to read the basics on stuff like how margin works etc.. basic shit. In everyday life you see it, people have no interest in reading and understanding. Reading Comprehension is such a powerful tool, if you can read and understand instructions you can do anything. :)
 
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