Volatility Views 240: VIX Put Love and Earnings Volatility Debacle

Published: Jan. 30, 2017, 7:49 p.m.

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Volatility Review: A look back at the week from a volatility perspective

  • VIX Cash: 10.63
  • VVIX: 80, off recent highs.
  • VIX Futures: Front month premium to cash: 2.1, two month premium to cash: 3.5

Russell's Weekly Rundown:

  • VIX Options: ADV - 580k; Thurs - 638k, Weds - 613k, Tues - 863k, Mon - 427k; VIX Call/Put: 2.5/1
  • Earnings season dramatically underwhelming so far.
  • Google, MSFT, INTC, PayPal, SBUX
  • OIV/OVX - 29.50
  • GVZ - 14.74
  • TYVIX - 5.65

Volatility Voicemail: Question of the week, plus listeners have their say

Options #QuestionOfTheWeek - Lots of earnings on the horizon. Which company will outperform their earnings straddle by the largest margin?

  • Alphabet - $GOOGL
  • Microsoft - $MSFT
  • Intel - $INTC
  • Starbucks - $SBUX
  • Question from VolBug - Hi Mark, Can you and the crew give you assessment of SVXY and whether you think it tracks well and what are some of the vulnerabilities? Thank you sir.

Crystal Ball: Your prognostication headquarters

Last week:

  • Mark L. - 11.55
  • Mark S./Andrew - 12.01
  • Russell - 12.34

This week:

  • Mark L. - 11.50
  • Mark S. - 11.05
  • Russell - 12.99
  • Bill Luby - 11.78
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