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Jason Buck is joined today by Zed Francis to discuss the benefits of adding volatility strategies to your portfolio, achieving a negative a correlation to equities during market downturns, what Zed calls the ‘3 trading levers’, profiting from institutional volatility players, problems with some long-volatility strategies, when a discretionary approach is needed, how to adjust a portfolio if volatility is persisting, some thoughts on the VIX ETF, helping clients to achieve capital efficient accounts, maintaining liquidity for rebalancing during a selloff, and the deeper insight into the global macro landscape that being a volatility expert gives you. In this episode, we discuss: The benefits of volatility strategies to a portfolio How to profit from large stock market selloffs Some of Zed Francis’s unique approaches to volatility trading Profiting from institutional volatility traders When to apply a discretionary approach The VIX ETF Helping clients to be cash efficient in their portfolios The need for liquid