Admittedly when i look at most futures, im lost, when i look at most options im lost, so im not even going to say i under stand what these guys are doing on VIX calls, but if the VIX trades anything like UVXY, or TVIX, or VXX i will always believe the hard money is on the long side.
This is my opinion and it may be naeive but i honestly think we are witnessing the complete death of volatility. We are close to the end of an 8 year bull market so it might just be me getting pissed, but i honestly think that stocks and algos are so much better at catching up to market equilibrium now, that we wont ever see shit like the flash crash, or the 10% down/up days in the sandp during the housing bubble burst. Im honestly starting to sell myself on the idea that their is simply too much access to information now, and the market is almost always balanced, for anything crazy to happen again. Other than premarket, you hit these tiny pockets every now and then when the deck is stacked on high volume instruments, and it hits its level bounces then catches the top then fizzles, even look at facebook before the puke, 8 dollar range premarket turns into 3 once it opens, then the volume gets out of whack then it pukes and goes right back up
This could be insanely naieve on my part to say that, and it may just be the market has bored me to death but i see the ways algos catch all instruments now, and basically unless you are in premarket or the first hour of the day, or you are watching an instrument with an idea going in, it is almost impossible to make money mid day anymore the way you used to be able too.
Thats why i say VXX is going to zero.