As many of you know I spend a chunk of my time looking at SPX volatility…almost to the point of obsession.

Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.

With the US Federal Reserve and other central banks pumping money into the worldwide financial system, events, which could easily be described as major structural shocks, are occurring without having significant effects on the financial markets.

If you think the world is VIX-y now, just wait, it's about to get VIX-ier.

My option mentoring students will tell you when it comes to option trading the two things I probably talk about most are implied volatility and skew.

In a which came first the chicken or the egg scenario, when it comes to VIX and SPX, the answer might be the Chicken.

One of the questions my options mentoring students always ask me when we are coming off of VIX spikes is whether this is the end of the spike.

To say that I think Schwab is getting a deal here is the understatement of the century.

Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.

I think it is always interesting to evaluate how much the S&P 500 is really down or up relative to what the VIX is reading.

Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.

Comparing the cost of insuring against an earthquake loss, there are some similarities to hedging equity portfolio risk.