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To: Mr. Aloha who wrote (41072)	12/1/2012 6:24:23 PM
From: ggersh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 223158

My guess is less volume is required to drive the VIX than the SPY and SP futures. I believe it's the same w/ETF's it takes less volume to push a market using singular markets rather than all the underlying which the ETF is based on. Isn't everything pretty much cash settled these days, including most commodities. All the indexes are. Sorry, thought you were taking the piss, I have a friend that's a genius who ended up finally working for the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority). I only trade futures, so why trade a product like the VIX? "You can't drive the VIX up and down by buying or selling VIX futures like you can with other futures -- you just can push the VIX futures to more of a premium or discount, which can fluctuate pretty widely. " W/all the money out there all products are pushed around, it doesn't seem as if supply and demand are meaningful anymore. IMO