According to Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-14/exchange-traded-products-are-making-volatility-more-volatile...
Being long XIV recently has been very painful. The VIX futures curve has been in contango, although now it is almost flat between June and July....
Interesting analysis, thanks. Vol is again doing better than the muted move in the S&P would predict -- SPY +0.0%, VXX +2.8% as I write. (VXX is...
XIV is down more than I'd expect given the SPX move today, and Bloomberg at 2:45 PM says Brexit Poll Sees 10-Point ‘Leave’ Lead Two Weeks Before...
You can regress XIV returns on SPY returns to compute a dollar hedge ratio. Recently it has been about 4.
Also bad for people who are short VIX futures hedged by short S&P :(. Here is some speculation about what is happening. Goldman Sachs made a...
According to a YouGov poll, 57% of people think Trump's attacks on Curiel were wrong, with only 20% saying they were right. 51% considered them...
They disagree with him, as do I.
Another explanation of their criticism of Trump is that they think his comments are wrong.
Trump should rebut slanders against white men instead of slandering other groups himself. If Trump does win it will be because of heavy support by...
Trump keeps digging: Trump triples down on attack on judge's ethnicity By Louis Nelson Politico 06/03/16 05:11 PM EDT 'Donald Trump expanded on...
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan agrees, although because of his position his phrasing was softer: 'Unprompted by WISN radio host Vicki McKenna,...
"You want to talk about unusual and irresponsible? Your team has destroyed the 4th estate and turned it into Pravda. Your President politicized...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-keeps-up-attacks-on-judge-gonzalo-curiel-1464911442 Donald Trump Keeps Up Attacks on Judge in Trump...
I may buy the book Pivots, Patterns, and Intraday Swing Trades: Derivatives Analysis with the E-mini and Russell Futures Contracts Wiley Trading...
Thanks to you and the others who replied. I emailed IB, where I already have an account, and they confirmed what you wrote.
Do brokers impose higher margin requirements on brokerage accounts that are traded through a limited liability corporation? I especially want to...
If you short a stock, you must recognize a gain when it falls so much that it is deemed "worthless". How is that defined? I am thinking of a...
It depends on how often the system wants to trade. I am trading a system based on closing prices that takes about 5 minutes to run. I believe...
Thanks for the informative reply.
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