In particular I want to short it. I know there are options on it but Fidelity doesn't have those. I also prefer not to use options but to actually short the index directly. Do I need a futures account? Do all futures brokers have it? Are there ETFs that track the VIX directly? Thanks in advance, MPO
most of the short ETF indices have a close correlation to VIX (although not 1:1). http://www.etf-central.com/vix-prox...over-last-50-sessions-september-13th-2007-175 You can update the correlations of the list to get latest rankings.