Volatility Views

Volatility Review: A look back at the week from a volatility perspective. The Numbers: VVIX - 91.5 CBOE Skew Index - 136 VXN - 14.7 Russell's Weekly Rundown VIX Options: ADV - 833k, VIX Call/Put - 3.9, Total 11.7m (9.37m Calls, 2.37m Puts) Earnings Volatility: Apple, Facebook, Tesla Commodity Volatility: Crude/OIV, Gold/GVZ Volatility Voicemail: Listener questions and comments Comment from Don S: :Ah, if you had called me for the last VV, I would have regaled you with stories from the Morgan Stanley trading desk about Black Monday. But none would have been better than the one of my buddy and colleague, Peter, who in August 1987 decided that the market was overdone and invested $20,000 of his own money in OTM SPX November puts. Those options, which were 1/8 before the crash, went to $50, and his $20,000 turned into 400 times that, or ... wait for it! ... $8 million! Ah, the good ol' days. :-) Don Question from Hawkeye - To ye merry band of Magical Voice, grease laden Meatballs, favorite Uncles, and Lobste