Volatility Views 274: All Aboard the Cheap IV Train

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

6% IV, all aboard!

The numbers:

• VIX Cash - low of 9.55 on Thursday.
• VVIX - 94
• CBOE Skew Index - 133

Russell's Weekly Rundown:

• VIX Options: ADV - 813k, 2.6M on Monday! VIX call/put, Total 11.4m (8.92m Calls, 2.48m Puts)
• OIV - 26.53

Volatility Voicemail: Listeners have their say

• Question from LL08 - Crazy! Is this true?
• Question from Tech Coleslaw - Can you talk a little bit more about ZIV and mid-term Vol?
• One of our listeners is running for Congress - @RogerBarone @OPTIONS More voices are better than less.

Crystal Ball: Wild and reckless prognostication

Last week:

• Mark L. - 9.75
• Mark S. - 11
• Russell - 10.10

This week:

• Mark L. - 9.2
• Andrew - 9.99
• Russell - 9.42