TVIX News and Press, VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN From 11/20/19

Market sentiment seems to turn at warp speed these days. Hopes can be dashed as quickly as they come, with the market responding to the ultra-short news cycle. The result is an ever-present sense of uneasiness in the market. Oddly, Wall Street's "fear gauge" remains low. The Chicago Board Opti...

If we look at 2019, the trajectory of VIX has been downward in the months of January through April; followed by meaningful spikes in May; followed by a declining VIX trend in June and July; followed by another round of increases in August and parts of September; and, finally, followed by a d...

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For many years, shorting long volatility ETNs has been among the most crowded trades, and the time decay of the VXX has been the center of attention for volatility traders. The short volatility trade blew up however, when in February 2018 the VIX spiked more than 100% on a single day which f...

The Rally In late December of 2018, I surmised that the market was quite oversold and that a Christmas rally was in the offing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) made an intraday low on December 26 th . The chart below shows the market's progress (weekly) since that low. What struck ...

Volatility has not reared its head despite so many seemingly volatile factors. Slowing growth, trade wars, impeachment, flattening earnings, banks afraid to lend to each other... none of it matters apparently. Remember, I showed you this chart of the volatility index a couple weeks ago: He...

Market Intro Each of the sector SPDRs is flashing green in Tuesday morning trade. That said, all the gains are pretty contained, capped presently at .63% for materials ( XLB ). The environment is pretty perfect for a lower vol reading. Spot VIX is printing 12.51 vol points. Thoughts on V...

A lot has been written about the lead up and causes of last February’s ‘Volmageddon,’ including some popular and informative articles from the Invest In Vol team available here: XIV and SVXY - What Really Happened? and here: How Trading Volatility is Changing . But desp...

Future contracts that track and measure the S&P 500’s implied volatility, also known as the “fear gauge”, hit record lows just last week. The net non-commercial position long contracts outstanding less short positions, sank to a minus 187,948 last week, its lowest leve...