PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

... for a 1.03 credit. I put this on "on the fly" on Friday. Basically, I'm looking to get a credit equal to max loss with these, so I put this in-the-money short put vertical on for a 1.03 credit with a buying power effect of .97 (risk one to make one) with the notion that contango* will erode the position running into expiry ... . Notes: Will look to "money, ...

buy from here! waiting it back to 100

This pos is destined for destruction.

looks toppy, needs to come down to 100 JMHO. Do your DD!!!

I think it went up too quickly. time to take rest. Bearish - JMHO

I think it's time to short this one as it as gone up too quickly. JMHO. do your own DD.

Implemented this based on a Chinese theory called Chan Lun + some uses of MACD, SMA and slow sto. It's not perfect yet. Suggestions are welcome!

SVXY trading in top with negative volume divergence also the wave has been completed.

Using the Bollinger bands as a guide, I'm looking to reload a short volatility play should I be able to get a fill for the right price ... . Here, I'm looking for the basic 1/3rd the width of the spread for a fill price (i.e., 1/3rd of 3 = 1 or $100). I'm setting it up as a GTC order that will expire some time next week. I'll then have another look at the ...

I did this one on Friday on the volatility pop we had, but didn't get a chance to post ... . I got it filled for an $87/contract credit, but could have done better were I to have had time to do some price discovery. SVXY isn't the most liquid thing in the world, so it pays to be patient and fiddle with getting a fill $5-$15 above the stated mid price. Here, I'm ...

Go long VIX when price goes down into the green rectangle. This is the flip of SVXY.

Looking at the 80's to be a key indicator to go long VIX.

At resistance range and at breakout level, upholding factors is the IHS - got to watch .... Trade idea...if it breaks out of the red line on top...a long trade and impacts SPX too....if it holds down from here a quick short

Still uptrend and buy on dip mode, geared to go higher as SPX heads to 2120+

It seems that a diagonal triangle is being shaped in the short term. If this hypothesis is right, there might be a sharp volatiliy rise (a drop in SVXY etf) And that would end an Irregular flat correction that has been taking shape since july 2014. Time will tell....

See notes on chart. Works for those who don't have time to watch volatility intraday. Doesn't require tracking contango / backwardation. *edit: prices based on close price of SVXY on the day of the Kagi transition.

March 18th SVXY 31/35 ShortPut Credit Spread 1.64/$164 Max Profit Per Contract

If you know anything about volatility products, you'll know that -- unlike VXX and UVXY, SVXY increases in value as volatility declines (it's an inverse) and suffers from "inverse contango" which ultimately means that, over time, SVXY's value will go to infinity in the absence of backwardation, splits (it's undergone two since inception -- a 2/1 in 2012 and a 2/1 ...