There is already a whale in VIX weekies!
Download Volatility Views 177: VIX Weeklies Launch with a Bang
Volatility Review: A look back at the week from a volatility perspective.
- VIX Cash: The streak is done – VIX firmly below 20!
- VIX Weeklies finally join the party – decent volume for the first day.
- A theory of why the VIX sputtered on Aug 24.
- VIX Options: Some early call selling during the rallies – but primarily more VIX upside call buying.
- Gold: GLD continues to dive.
- Crude Oil: OIV – 43.98, OVX – 42.97
Vol Voicemail: Listeners weigh in
- Question from Nigel B – How are crude options and volatility looking with this rally toward 50? Lots of call love?
- Question from Alamut01 -?SPX sells off over 2% last week and VIX barely budges. What up?
- Question from IVUP -?Can you please give us a status update on the Voldex products particularly a release date?
- Question from Agave – Is it true that volatility skew was born out of the 1987 crash and did not exist previously? I heard that recently and it seems difficult to believe.
Crystal Ball: Earnings season has begun. Will we stay below 20 for the next week?

