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Index
The VIX Trader's Handbook
Contents
About the author
Introduction
How this book is structured
Part 1: Instruments and Markets
Chapter 1: Implied Volatility and Option Pricing
Option pricing factors
VIX calculation
VIX enhancements
VIX and the S&P 500 relationship
Cboe SPX put/call ratio
Summary
Chapter 2: VIX Futures and Options Price Behavior
VIX futures
The VIX index cannot be replicated
There is no arbitrage relationship
VIX and VIX futures relationship
VIX options
VIX put–call ratio
VIX of VIX
Summary
Chapter 3: Volatility-Related Exchange-Traded Products
Roll yield
Unleveraged long short-term ETPs
Unleveraged long mid-term ETPs
Strategy-based ETP
Leveraged long ETPs
Short ETPs
Short volatility versus long index
Summary
Chapter 4: Alternatives to VIX-Related Markets
VSTOXX
VSTOXX derivatives
SPIKES
SPIKES derivatives
Russell 2000 Volatility Index
Summary
Chapter 5: Historical VIX Studies
VIX versus the S&P 500
VIX futures
VIX futures term structure
Modified VIX future
Weekend impact on VIX
Summary
Part 2: Trades and Strategies
Chapter 6: Planning a VIX-Related Trade
S&P 500 outlook
Bearish S&P 500 outlook
VIX index pricing
VIX future pricing
Summary
Chapter 7: Systematically Shorting Volatility
Cboe indexes
About VIX expiration
VIX futures price behavior into expiration
VIX index and futures data
Table explanations
Test 1: Standard futures before VIX Weeklys
Test 2: All expirations after the introduction of Weeklys
Test 3: Only VIX Weekly futures
Test 4: Only standard VIX futures (August 2015–December 2019)
Test 5: Only standard VIX futures (January 2007–December 2019)
VSTOXX futures
Summary
Chapter 8: Shorting Volatility Spikes
VIX spikes
Futures calendar spreads
Long put
VXX bear call spread
Summary
Chapter 9: Long Volatility Trades
Long futures
Long unleveraged ETN
VIX option term structure
Bull call spread
Bull call spread plus short put
Summary
Chapter 10: Spread Trading With Volatility Futures
Calendar spreads
VSTOXX versus VIX
Summary
Part 3: Historic Volatility Events
Chapter 11: Volatility Events
Stock market crash, 1987
Leading up to Black Monday
Observations
Asian flu, October 1997
Observations
Russian financial crisis, August to October 1998
Observations
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Observations
Great Financial Crisis, 2007–2009
Leading Up to the Great Financial Crisis, January 2007–September 2008
Great Financial Crisis, September 2008–March 2009
Post-Great Financial Crisis, March to December 2009
Observations
Flash crash, May 6, 2010
Observations
European sovereign debt crisis, 2011
Observations
China data and Black Monday, 2015
Observations
Brexit referendum, 2016
Observations
Election of Donald Trump, 2016
Observations
Inflation in employment number, February 2018
Observations
Global pandemic, 2020
Observations
History lessons
Publishing details
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