Plenty of idiots are still long this ratio at this level. Watch the lines. Being short this ratio has much more upside than being long this ratio at this point.
no clear direction yet, but I will start to buy if ever it closes above the blue lines, as that would be a higher high after two higher lows (and then use the blue lines as stop).
... for a $94/contract credit.
Unfortunately, I forgot to jot down the metrics here.
I wanted to ladder out spreads (see Post Below), but it didn't look like those we're going to be filled, so I opted for the more flexible naked, which I can roll down and out for duration and credit if I have to. Doing that with the spreads is a bit more cumbersome.
As with...
I'm expecting a world equities market crash/correction soon. When the orange trendline breaks, the target is the lime trendline. When the lime trendline breaks, we are most likely headed for the 0.618 level.
Hedge the risk by going long volatility - be safe.
With volatility sticking around these lows, I'm looking at dispersing risk across several expiries of VXX by laddering short put verticals in June, July, and September (unfortunately, there is no August expiry yet) while I continue to work my VXX short call diagonals.
Here's what I'm looking at now in the monthlies:
VXX June 12/15 short put vertical...
With low volatility having drained premium not only out of the broader market, but individual underlyings as well, I continue to look at VIX and VXX derivatives to go "long volatility" in lieu of opting for low vol strategies like debit spreads, calendars, and diagonals.
In this particular case, I'm opting to use a long call butterfly given its high risk/return...
I currently have several VXX short call diagonals on, all of which have the September monthly as the back month, and with the short calls at the 16, 17, 18 and 21 strikes.
Today, with the 21, 18, and 17 short calls having lost a good deal of their value, I rolled them out to lock in profit as well as collect additional credit while I wait for a pop of some kind...
