Options Boot Camp 412: Volatility Scrooges: VIX Perps, Apple, VIX and more
Summary
Options Boot Camp hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli discuss the potential launch of VIX perpetual futures and the history of failed single-name volatility indexes. They address listener questions on using implied volatility to gauge individual stock uncertainty and explain why implied moves are often mispriced during earnings seasons. The episode also covers the upcoming shutdown of the Trade Alert analytics platform and features fun polls on VIX trading sentiment and cheap stock picks.
Topics discussed
Introduction and welcome to Options Insider Radio
Guest introduction and theatrical banter
Listener Q&A: VIX Perpetual Futures and Dispersion
Listener Q&A: Single Name VIX and Implied Volatility
Trade Alert shutdown and QuickStrike platform review
Listener Q&A: Interpreting Implied Moves for Earnings
VIX survey results and SVIX position updates
Fun segment: Gun to the head stock picks
Webinar promotion and upcoming training sessions
Outro, network schedule, and closing remarks
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