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Better System Trader

237: New Volatility Based Trading Techniques with Rob Hanna

May 30, 2024
Rob Hanna, expert in volatility-based trading strategies, challenges conventional wisdom on using the VIX for market timing. He discusses using SPX signals, indicators for short-term market moves, practical strategies for trading VIX instruments, and a simple VIX model using SPX movements. Listeners can learn about leveraging quicker VIX recovery to reduce drawdowns and new techniques for volatility-based trading.
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Quick takeaways

  • Using S&P indicators for market timing is more effective than relying on VIX signals to predict movements.
  • VIX tends to recover faster than the SPX, allowing traders to reduce drawdown periods.

Deep dives

Main Point 1: S&P movements reliably predict VIX movements

Using S&P indicators for market timing is more effective than relying on VIX signals to predict movements.

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