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Strategies & Market Trends : Option Strategies
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To: Bridge Player who wrote (1705)7/28/2016 8:51:40 AM
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I bailed on the trade, now remember why I don't like the "volatility" index.

There are probably good mathematical reasons for it, but my observation is that when the market goes up hard the vix goes down hard. If the market is flat the vix goes down a little. Only when the market goes down hard is the vix a good idea. As such, long the vix is not much different from short the market.

Short the market is more direct, with less mathematics between myself and clarity.
I know better, it was a cheap refresher lesson.

ARS
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