This post will discuss how UVIX works, including how it trades, how its value is established, what it tracks, backtest simulations, tax treatment, termination risk, and how it is likely to perform. VolatiltyShares’ 2X Long VIX Futures ETF (ticker: UVIX) started trading on March 30th, 2022. After a gap of three and a half years, volatility traders regained access to a nationally traded, 2X leveraged …
This post will discuss how SVIX works, including how it trades, how its value is established, what it tracks, tax treatment, termination risk, likely liquidity, and performance simulations. Volatility Shares’ -1x Short VIX Futures ETF (ticker: SVIX) started trading Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 After a gap of four years, volatility traders regained access to a -1X leveraged short-term volatility Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). SVIX’s Prospectus …
This post discusses how the LONGVOL and SHORTVOL indexes work, but starts with some historical background that illuminates why these new indexes were needed. Two new leveraged volatility Exchange Traded Funds from Volatility Shares, -1X SVIX and 2X UVIX started trading on the 30th of March, 2022. SVIX and UVIX utilize two new Cboe indexes, the Short VIX Futures Index (ticker: SHORTVOL) and the …
Long term charts of 2X UVIX, 1.5X UVXY, or VXX suggest they are perfect candidates for shorting, but there are risks you should be aware of and alternatives to consider. The charts for long volatility Exchange Traded Products (ETP) like Volatility Shares’ UVIX, Barclays’s VXX, and ProShares’ 1.5X levered UVXY are astonishing. I’m not aware of any other widely available securities that have declined like …
I used to share stock tips with my brothers-in-law. Before the tech crash I could offer up a few stocks I liked, and they would often make some money. The crash painfully ended the easy money and I moved on to index funds. They didn’t think indexes were near as much fun. One Easter one of my brothers-in-law asked what I was investing in. …
