Volatility Views 333: Another Week of Vol Craziness

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

• What exactly is afoot?
• VIX cash
• International volatility trends: France for the win!
• Volatility opportunities
• 1-by-6 fever?
• Aggressively naked
• Take the money and run

Volatility Voicemail: Options questions of the week

Everyone loves trading AAPL Options. So the open interest is always very high. But a few interesting options dominate the rest. What do you think is the largest open position in AAPL right now? No cheating - try to use your #SpideySense.

• Jan 2020 200 Call
• Jan 250 Call
• Dec 180 Put
• Jan 100 Put

Listener questions and comments:

• Question from F96 - Is there a listed equivalent to trading a variance swap? If not what's the closest approximation?
• Question from T-Bags - Which new volatility product are you most excited about for 2019?

Crystal Ball: Wild prognostication

Last week:

• Mark L. - 18.65
• Mark S. - 23.00

This week:

• Mark L. - 19.25
• Mark S. - 27.25