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Thinking About the New VIX ETNs
vixandmore.blogspot.com - 1/27/2009
Thinking About the New VIX ETNs
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Last night I was contemplating how traders who unfamiliar with futures should think about the forthcoming VIX ETNs relative to the VIX index that many are already (somewhat) comfortable with. Since the VIX ETNs are based on VIX futures with constant maturities of one month and five months, it ...
indexuniverse.com - 1/21/2009
Pair Of VIX-Tracking ETNs On The Way
— indexuniverse.com — Barclays Capital has filed to launch a pair of ETNs that will track the Chicago Board Options... Exchange's Volatility Index. (more) Pair Of VIX-Tracking ETNs On The Way

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Weekly Review: Using intraday Vix reversals to spot intraday market reversals… over, and over, and over…
ibankcoin.com - 1/26/2009
Weekly Review: Using intraday Vix reversals to spot intraday market reversals… over, and over, ...
— ibankcoin.com — I've wrote about this topic before- when markets get extremely volatile, the VIX becomes a more powerful... tool to predict, well, maybe not predict, but at least find a good spot where the market will reverse its trend. It's so powerful, it even ... (more) Weekly Review: Using intraday Vix reversals to spot ...

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Gimme Some ETN's
adamsoptions.blogspot.com - 1/26/2009
Gimme Some ETN's
— adamsoptions.blogspot.com — Don Fishback (shown, with his playoff beard) on these new VIX ETN's, about to hit a theater... near you. My original post on those VIX ETNs was republished over at Seeking Alpha. If you read that post and the two subsequent posts on the ... (more) Gimme Some ETN's

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Daily Markets:  Spot VIX Vs. VIX Five Month Futures

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THE CLOSE
THE SHARK REPORT — ... BIG on credit defaults; More on the VIX ETN's; DR. BRETT on Three Basic Setups; ...

Spot VIX Vs. VIX Five Month Futures
Daily Markets — ... Tuesday I went the analogy route in Thinking About the New VIX ETNs . Today I thought I should try the direct route and show a graph of the difference between the cash/spot VIX ( ...

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20% VIX Stretch Provides Upside Edge
quantifiableedges.blogspot.com 1/21/2009 — One index that saw a big spike Tuesday was the VIX, which rose almost 23% on the day. It closed more than 20% above its’ 10-day moving average – the first time that has happened since November 20th. Stretches this extreme in the VIX have provided a ...
VIX Volatility Index
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 1/23/2009 — Below we highlight a chart of the VIX volatility index along with the S&P; 500. One difference between the current decline and the declines in October and November is that the VIX has not spiked nearly as much. Many think of the VIX as an indication ...
New ETN Will Give Investors Access to Volatility
etftrends.com 1/26/2009 — Barclays has just announced that it filed the necessary paperwork to launch a pair of exchange traded notes (ETNs) that will track the increasingly well-known Chicago Board Options Exchange’s Volatility Index, or the VIX. Characteristics of ...
Barclays VIX ETNs Slated to Begin Trading on Friday
vixandmore.blogspot.com 1/26/2009 — Information pertaining to the two new VIX ETNs is hard to come by at this point, but Jamie Tyrrell’s ( optionMONSTER ) Volatility Sonar report from Friday indicates that a Barclays representative is talking about a launch this Friday, January 30 th . ...
Vicks are Trading — Random Roger
One of the VIX ETNs is up and running. The one month VIX futures ETN has ticker VXX and the five month VIX futures ETN was supposed to have ticker VXY but that is not working on Yahoo or Schwab. If anyone knows anything about what is supposed to be VXY, please leave a comment.
VXX Is Trading; No Sign of VXY Yet — VIX and More
Of the two new VIX ETNs , I see that VXX is trading this morning, but I have not seen any activity in VXY , perhaps because it is not yet trading. VXX opened at 100.11 and is currently trading at 101.49. Some brokers are picking up the VXX ticker today and some appear to not yet have it in ...
Spot VIX vs. VIX Five Month Futures — VIX and More
Tuesday I went the analogy route in Thinking About the New VIX ETNs . Today I thought I should try the direct route and show a graph of the difference between the cash/spot VIX and the VIX futures five months out. Keep in mind that the Barclays VIX ETNs , which are scheduled to begin trading ...