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"Conspiracy "Fact" - VIX Manipulation Runs The Entire Market" 09/19/2015 14:00 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-19/conspiracy-fact-vix-manipulation-runs-entire-market

Trading Volatility is all about managing VIX ETFs such as the XIV and the VXX during periods of contango and backwardation. Options are not covered, but the principles and bias indicators could be applied to options strategies.

Is This The Most Successful Trade Of The Last Decade? Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/02/2015 17:45 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-02/most-successful-trade-last-decade Will selling volatility be the most successful trade of the next decade?

Reminder: Three weeks from tomorrow weekly VIX options will be introduced.

Thank you for your feedback Marco! I recently started researching all VIX hedging strategies and trades. It is time that a new VIX group is formed to compile all VIX knowledge into one forum. In addition to SteadyOptions, I just joined http://vixcontango.com/and http://www.tradingvolatility.net/p/home_3.html?m=1 in an effort to expand my knowledge of VIX hedging and trading strategies. I also frequent vixcentral.com Your continued feedback is much appreciated.

Goldman Warns: VIX Is Not Going Back To Low-Teens, No Matter What Fed Does Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/14/2015 20:45 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-14/goldman-warns-vix-not-going-back-low-teens-no-matter-what-fed-does

VIX Has Not Done This Since The USA Was Downgraded Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/14/2015 16:50 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-14/vix-has-not-done-usa-was-downgraded

2015.09.08 VIX in comparison to the VXV/VIX Ratio over the past year: Source: IB

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VIX ETFs Are In Crisis Mode Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/01/2015 13:21 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-01/vix-etfs-are-crisis-mode

2015.09.02 VIX in comparison to the VXV/VIX ratio over 10 years: Source: IB

Goldman Warns This Extreme Indicator "Is Rare Outside Of A Recession" Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/31/2015 10:03 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-31/goldman-warns-extreme-indicator-rare-outside-recession

VIX ETF Short Squeezes For 6th Day In A Row, Long-Dated Vol Above Monday's Peak Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/28/2015 14:00 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-28/vix-etf-short-squeezes-6th-day-row-long-dated-vol-above-mondays-peak

20215.08.27 VIX in comparison to the VXV over VIX ratio over 3 years. Is "Everything Awesome" and "Getting Better All The Time?" Source: IB

What if the government accurately reported the correct GDP number for Q2 back in July? September Rate Hike Back On Table: Q2 GDP Soars In Revision From 2.3% To 3.7% Driven By Record Inventory Build Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/27/2015 08:43 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-27/september-rate-hike-back-table-q2-gdp-soars-revision-23-37-driven-record-inventory-b

Is This Where VIX Is Going Next? Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/26/2015 11:08 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-26/where-vix-going-next

"Chartist to Cramer: VIX has crucial red flags" http://www.cnbc.com/id/102943476

The Volatility Of Volatility Has Never (Ever) Been Higher Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/24/2015 15:35 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-24/volatility-volatility-has-never-ever-been-higher

Forget The Dips, Sell The Rips Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/24/2015 12:51 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-24/forget-dips-sell-rips

Will globally-coordinated, plunge-protection-team and central bank build-up of self-organized criticality cause the largest financial collapse in the history of the world? "Bak's Sandpile: Strategies for a Catastrophic World" https://youtu.be/fGSwMC3qYuk "Self-organized criticality is a kind of tension that builds up in complex systems that causes them to fail, and the more self-organized criticalilty there is, the bigger the crash, the bigger the failure. So, an example would be the 2008 financial meltdown that we just experienced a couple of years ago. This is a classic example of the sandpile..." "Bak's Sand Pile: Strategies for a Catastrophic World" by Ted G. Lewis Link: http://amzn.com/098307450X "Modern societies want to avert catastrophes, but the drive to make things faster, cheaper, and more efficient leads to self-organized criticality-the condition of systems on the verge of disaster. This is a double-edged sword. Everything from biological evolution to political revolution is driven by some collapse, calamity or crisis. To avoid annihilation but allow for progress, we must change the ways in which we understand the patterns and manage systems. Bak's Sand Pile explains how."

VIX Explodes Over 53! Highest Since Jan 2009 Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/24/2015 10:05 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-24/vix-explodes-over-53-highest-jan-2009

Nasdaq Futures Halted Below 4,000 After Hitting Circuit Breaker Down 5% Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/24/2015 08:31 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-24/nasdaq-futures-halted-after-hitting-circuit-breaker-down-5

"US Equity Futures Are Crashing" Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/23/2015 22:52 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-23/us-equity-futures-are-crashing

"Making Sense Of The Sudden Market Plunge" Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/22/2015 10:56 -0400 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-22/making-sense-sudden-market-plunge