Spot-Up, Vol-Up And The VIX Squeeze Risk That Just Won’t Die

There's a "monster vibe shift" afoot across thematic macro trades, where last week's round of soft U

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2 thoughts on “Spot-Up, Vol-Up And The VIX Squeeze Risk That Just Won’t Die

  1. As a citizen investor, hedging via VIX options is difficult in that it requires so many contracts the fees act as a drag. On the other side, hedging with index puts is expensive if the timing is wrong and market can spot up, vol up for longer than you can hodl. So most of the time I don’t do much at all, which has served me well. That said my port did 140% during the Covid ‘dip.’ Thanks to a lot of cheap .08 delta puts at that time. Long vega, short delta… and good luck.

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