Realized vol futures

What impacts (good/bad) do you think this will have, if any?

http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/fx/fx-realized-volatility-futures.html

 

Another greatly misunderstood product that only "rocket scientists" will understand and bank-traders will avoid it for the cash market instead.

 

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Well done, two shay!

 

http://www.volx.us/index.htm

 

It's only a futures product, right? That means No any options on futures product launched yet, correct?

 

Volume....zero? Open Interest....zero?

 

I think it is a great idea and those products will be increasingly used for managing portfolio risk and large options positions.

It is just a new product and i do not think it is so difficult to trade even if you have to be aware of how to calculate volatility using different methods

 

Not sure, all I know is it looks like just the futures are launching Q1, 2011 - I've only seen the CME site and the volx site, so I have no better info.