Redirected Citigroup’s new volatility ETN, CVOL has only been trading since November 15th, but it is starting to show some intriguing results. Designed as a 2X leveraged volatility offering, in a class of products that are already known for volatility, we can expect a wild ride. So far it has lived up to its billing with a high of around 110, and a …
It’s not easy to find. I tried and failed for several years to find it. Finally “Rock Man” found it and commented on this post—the Google Finance ticker symbol is INDEXCBOE:VIX Most of the CBOE’s other VIX related tickers are also available on Google Finance: VXV, VXO, VXD, VXAPL, VXEEM, VXEWZ, VXIBM, VXXLE, VXN, VIN, VIF—all prefixed by “INDEXCBOE:”. The volatility of volatility index …
Update: Schwab has added weekly and quarterly option support to all of their trading platforms. See here for more information. Schwab has provided a peek under the tree for the account holders they think have been good: Stocking stuffers (not available until January): A 35% discount for TurboTax. In your Schwab account online look for “Tools and Calculators” under “Guidance”, then look for “File with …
Bought XXV (inverse VXX) at 32.11, put a 2% trailing stop in place. USO weekly options are back—at least for next week, expiring December 10th.
I’ve been watching Citigroup’s new CVOL volatility ETN (a souped up competitor to Barclays’ VXX) since it started trading November 15th. Tracking its actual performance has been difficult because it is very lightly traded. Charts for example are useless. Normally I use Yahoo’s Finance historical quotes feature as a very convenient way to get open /high / low / close data that I can export …
