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#042 Black Swans, The End of Jobs, and Long Volatility with Taylor Pearson of Mutiny Fund

Smart Friends

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Do Not Invest in the Vix Os

The fear gauge is a calculation based on various option prices, es and p option prices that get fed in. If people are worried about bad things happening, they 're willing to pay more for options which means the vix goes up. The biggest misctoton of the vix is that, so you actal, you cannot trade the vix because no rational counter party wouldever take the other side of the trade. It's very easy to get your face ripped off if youdon't know what you're doing," says Oge.

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