March 16, 2015

Volatility Views 150: Doing Our VIX Term Structure Homework

51 minutes

Volatility Review: A look back at the week in volatility:

VIX Cash: Low: 14.71 - High: 17.19

Skew Index: 121.53

VIX Options: Total 5.58m (3.74m Calls, 1.85m Puts). Surprisingly light volume given the activity seen this week. Most days substantially under recent ADV. MSCI options to be listed soon.

RVX: 65 Contracts open interest. FTSE volatility products coming soon.

VXST: OI just 25 contracts.

VolX: A lot of interest in their products down at Boca from market makers as well as domestic & international exchange.

International Volatility Review: What can we expect from the Kremlin?

Crude Oil: A volatile week for crude with futures having wild intraday swings. Both Brent and WTI made early gains yesterday only to give them up heading into expiration.

Volatility Voicemail: Listener questions and comments

Question from Carl Jedredes - What is the traditional slope of VIX futures term structure? How much premium do the long term futures typically exhibit over front month (i.e six month future 8% over front month future)? When the term structure is flat or even backward does this typically benefit ETPs like VXX that are forced to rebalance on a regular basis.

Question from Beta Ray Bill - Is there some way to use implied volatility to choose your strike when trading options?

Crystal Ball: The wager continues: Fed raising rates in 2015?

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March 16, 2015

Volatility Views 150: Doing Our VIX Term Structure Homework

51 minutes

Volatility Views 150: Doing Our VIX Term Structure Homework

Volatility Review: A look back at the week in volatility:

VIX Cash: Low: 14.71 - High: 17.19

Skew Index: 121.53

VIX Options: Total 5.58m (3.74m Calls, 1.85m Puts). Surprisingly light volume given the activity seen this week. Most days substantially under recent ADV. MSCI options to be listed soon.

RVX: 65 Contracts open interest. FTSE volatility products coming soon.

VXST: OI just 25 contracts.

VolX: A lot of interest in their products down at Boca from market makers as well as domestic & international exchange.

International Volatility Review: What can we expect from the Kremlin?

Crude Oil: A volatile week for crude with futures having wild intraday swings. Both Brent and WTI made early gains yesterday only to give them up heading into expiration.

Volatility Voicemail: Listener questions and comments

Question from Beta Ray Bill - Is there some way to use implied volatility to choose your strike when trading options?

Crystal Ball: The wager continues: Fed raising rates in 2015?

...more