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Bill Luby: Lost in all the hoopla over the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (NYSEARCA:TVIX) was a historic event in the options and market sentiment world on Monday: a new single day high in the ISEE equities only call to put ratio. Read more…
Bill Luby: Looking the history of the volume spikes in the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VXX) is a lot like looking at the history of market sentiment, contrarian thinking and psychology. Read more…
Jared Cummans: As the ETF industry has rapidly expanded, so too have the options investors have for slicing and dicing markets. One of the most popular innovations in recent years has been the ability to access volatility through the exchange-traded structure; there are now multiple ETPs for gaining exposure Read more…
Bill Luby: The VIX closed at 15.59 today, just 0.03 points lower than the close of 15.62 on April 26, 2011, some eleven months ago. From a long-term perspective, not much has happened with the VIX, but for those who have ridden the volatility roller coaster up and down, the present time seems like an Read more…
Bill Luby: Whether or not I find it useful to flog the wounded horse otherwise known as the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (NYSEARCA:TVIX), it seems as if investors and the media insist that the wild and crazy story of this +2x VIX futures ETN remain on the front page for Read more…
Jared Cummans: As we kick off the final week of March, investors will have to dig for significant market-moving events in the coming trading days. Though the month has been packed with significant economic data, this week will be relatively slow save for a few U.S. reports. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke on Read more…
Bill Luby: A reader asked earlier today: Can you explain to a newbie why iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VXX) is down 1.05 today yet the April 20 calls are up .05? Read more…
Jared Cummans: Last week was relatively slow for equities, as a lack of significant data did not allow for much movement in general markets. Still, disappointing housing data did not do much in the way of paving the road to recovery, as many analysts and experts agree that housing is still a key to calling Read more…
Regardless of whether it made it to the front page of your business section, the biggest news story by far over the last two trading days has been the collapse of the VelocityShares 2x Daily VIX Short Term Exchange Traded Note (NYSEArca:TVIX), invariably referred to as the Read more…
John Townsend: My status as a shareholder of the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (NYSEARCA:TVIX) came to a disappointing conclusion this morning as I sold all my shares for $8.50. The loss sustained from my two purchases was just shy of 50%. Ouch, double ouch, triple ouch and a few Read more…
David Gillie: With the explosion of ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) as trading mechanisms, it’s no wonder that ETFs would develop into the realms of the absurd. Read more…
Bill Luby: One month and one day after Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) announced the suspension of new creation units in the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (NYSEARCA:TVIX), the issuer announced today that it plans to reopen issuance of TVIX “on a limited basis” effective tomorrow. Read more…
Credit Suisse announced today that it plans to reopen issuance of the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETNs (NYSEARCA:TVIX) on a limited basis. The ETNs were temporarily suspended from Read more…
“A Credit Suisse Group AG security tracking the benchmark measure of U.S. options prices plunged to an all-time low, reversing ground after trading at a record premium to its underlying assets the last four days. The VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (NYSEARCA:TVIX), retreated 29 percent to Read more…
Bill Luby: Raise your hand if you are anticipating a bearish reversal in stocks in the near future. Great. Lots of hands here… Now let’s be honest, how many were also expecting a reversal a week ago? a month ago? ever since the calendar turned to 2012? Read more…
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