Volatility Views

Volatility Review: Looking back on 2017, the year without volatility. VIX has been under 10 for about 45 days this year, and under 12 for a little over 200 days. The numbers: VIX Cash - 9.56 VVIX - 92 CBOE Skew Index - 132.5 Russell's Weekly Rundown: VIX Options: ADV - 721k VIX call/put: - 4, Total 9.38m (7.51m Calls, 1.88m Puts) Commodities: Volatility is low but ambiguity is sky high. Volatility Voicemail: Options question of the week. Now it's a party! Bitcoin futures are live on both CME Group & CBOE. But everyone's asking us the $1M question - "When will we get Bitcoin Options?" So we thought we'd ask you: When will we be able to trade options on these futures? Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Listener questions and comments: Comment from FContangotrader - You should call #optionblockchain... forget Bitcoin, if you short $vxx since 2011 now you own an island at the Bahamas, if you own gamma and hedge with vol products, now you own 2 islands. Question from Javier - Is there a Bitcoin VIX from th