Zero posts for entire week...

must be a record or something.

Bueller(s)??

 

The shorts blew up on the 2percent moves. The longs blew up on the resetting down.

 

that's what I thought; thanks for confirming

 

Most retailers, myself included, are usually long.
It's been very humbling for the longs.

 

Actually the shorts have probably been making out like bandits the last 2 or 3 weeks. Even quality companies release good news,good ER whatever, and the stock gets hammered by the shorts. It's the best game in town right now.

 

short vol

 

Also AIs are changing the way we ask for help.

 

They must have earned tons of money and are busily counting the money and busily trying to spend it

 

How do professionals work with this type of volatility?

I mean for speculative activity aside from portfolio hedging.
Straddles/strangles, flies/verts, back-ratios...?
As a small part timer, I do better in lower volatility for selling premium with limited risk (flies/verticals).

When it goes up, I adopt a stand-by (safety) approach, where I focus on longer term opportunities in stocks/etf.

 

Since I am always long and only trading pre report vols spikes, I will probably skip April season...

Unless VIX goes under 18 very soon.