Volatility Views 131: Breaking Down VolDex, SkewDex and TailDex
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Volatility Views 131: Breaking Down VolDex, SkewDex and TailDex
\\nVolatility Viewpoint: Today\\u2019s guest is Scott Nations,\\xa0president and chief investment officer NationsShares. NationsShares and ISE have partnered on a new volatility product \\u2013 Voldex. He discusses:
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- Why is this methodology superior to the current VIX methodology? \\n
- How would Voldex have performed over this crazy week period compared to VIX? \\n
- Why do we need this product? \\n
- Does he expect traders to abandon VIX for this or instead using it as a spreading tool? \\n
- An overview of two new planned additional products, Skewdex and Taildex. \\n
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\\nVolatility Review
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- VIX Cash: Insane realized and implied volatility this week. Range: 14.05-19.38. \\n
- VIX Futures: VIX cash trading at a premium to all futures except April 2015. \\n
- VIX Options: Nearly 1 million contracts on Thursday.\\xa0 \\n
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\\nCrystal Ball: Jared and Andrew guess vol recklessly.
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