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How Does Volatility Shares’ 2X UVIX Work?

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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 …

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Why We Need the LONGVOL & SHORTVOL Indexes

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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 …

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