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Volatility Views 271: Hurricanes, Nukes and VIX - Oh My!

Sep 11, 2017

Volatility Review: A look back at the week from a volatility perspective

  • Shortened holiday week hit with a never-ending parade of hurricanes
  • Don't forget North Korea
  • Oh, and the President
  • Bonds are screaming
  • August options volume is strangely high. So much for vacationing for the month
  • VIX up into the 12-handle. Will it hit the low teens?
  • VIX Cash: High of 14.06 on Tuesday
  • VVIX: 99
  • CBOE SKEW Index: 135.39 - 5 points higher than last week

Russell's Weekly Rundown:

  • Will people start using weekly options on Monday for the upcoming week's risk?
  • CME Fed tool has next potential rate hike at next August, and only 50-50
  • Why are people buying vol into the weekend?
  • VIX Options on this short week: ADV - 796K; Thurs. - 894K; Weds. - 603K; Tues.- 1.16M; Mon. - Closed.
  • VIX Call/Put: 3.4

Hot VIX Strikes:

  • 635482 .VIX Oct 18th 25.0 C, chg +4681
  • 460502 .VIX Sep 20th 20.0 C, chg -6238
  • 414217 .VIX Oct 18th 12.0 P, chg +13048
  • 376664 .VIX Oct 18th 15.0 C, chg -70943
  • 285530 .VIX Sep 20th 18.0 C, chg +3297
  • 268153 .VIX Sep 20th 21.0 C, chg -14404
  • 265517 .VIX Sep 20th 23.0 C, chg -1246
  • 259376 .VIX Sep 20th 17.0 C, chg -226
  • 251586 .VIX Sep 20th 19.0 C, chg +1678
  • 249889 .VIX Oct 18th 20.0 C, chg -149520
  • Total 12.5m (9.43m Calls, 3.03m Puts)

Volatility Voicemail: Listener Questions and Comments

Options Question of the Week:

As Q4 looms, where are you placing your bullish #Volatility bets? Which has most #Upside by end of 2017? $VIX $AMZN #WTI $GVZ

  • Gold Volatility
  • Crude Oil Volatility
  • S&P 500 Volatility - VIX
  • Single Names - $AMZN, etc

Listener Questions:

  • Question from Elbu: Seems like everyone is jumping on the short $VIX bandwagon these days. Since when does the NYT cover volatility trading? RE: this article - Day Trading in Wall Street's Complex "Fear Gauge" Proliferates
  • Question from Elly: What's the ideal month/strike combo when buying puts on VXX? 6 months / 25% OTM?

Crystal Ball: Wild and reckless prognostication

Where do the hosts think the VIX will close next week?

Last Week

  • Mark L.: 10.15
  • Mark S.: 10.65
  • Russell: 11.11

This Week

  • Mark L.: 11.5
  • Mark S.: 11.01
  • Russell: 12.25