The two types of trades I like in VIX/VIX derivatives are (1) a "Term Structure" trade in VIX options; and (2) "Contango Drift" trades in the derivatives VXX, UVXY, and (inversely) SVXY.
A "term structure" trade capitalizes on current VIX spot price in relation to VIX futures months' prices which, the vast majority of the time, are higher than current spot price,...
... to the Dec 23rd 130/135 for a .25 credit.
I previously rolled to the Dec 16th expiry with the intention of setting up an iron fly there by selling a put side against. Unfortunately, I set up the short put vert (which I sold for .43 cr) in the Dec 23rd expiry, so at that point, I had a weird ass setup -- a Dec 16th 128/131 short call vert with a Dec 23rd...
After having taken the short put side of this "troubled" iron condor off for near worthless (.05), I rolled the call side out another week and improved the spread by a strike. I filled this for a .57 db, and tomorrow I'll look at selling a setup to finance this roll and then look at its scratch point ... .
With 4 DTE left in this troubled post-Brexit setup and the short put side nearing worthless, I bought to cover it for a .15 ($15)/contract debit, rolled out the short call side from the Aug 12th 2145/2160 to the Aug 26th 2155/2175 for a .55 ($55)/contract credit, and sold a 83% probability of profit short put vert against in the same expiry for an additional 1.05...
Keeping this short-term setup fairly delta neutral here ... .
Rolled the 2145/2155 call side down to 2130/2140 for an additional $105/contract credit, resulting in a 2045/2055/2130/2140 iron condor ... .
Still shooting to take the setup off for the original profit target of about $150/contract.
