Trading VIXDerivatives; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Understanding Implied Volatility; Historical versus Forward-Looking Volatility; Put-Call Parity; Estimating Price Movement; Valuing Options: Pricing Calculators and Other Tools; Fluctuations Based on Supply and Demand; The Impact on Option Prices; Implied Volatility and the VIX; CHAPTER 2 About the VIX Index; History of the VIX; Calculating the VIX; The VIX and Put-Call Parity; The VIX and Market Movement; Equity Market Volatility Indexes; CHAPTER 3 VIX Futures; Steady Growth of New Products; Contract Specifications.
Mini-VIX FuturesPricing Relationship between VIX Futures and the Index; Futures' Relationship to Each Other; VIX Futures Data; CHAPTER 4 VIX Options; Contract Specifications; Relationship to VIX Index; Relationship to VIX Futures; VIX Binary Options; CHAPTER 5 Weekly Options on CBOE Volatility Index Futures; Contract Specifications; Weekly Options and Index Options; Weekly Option Strategy; CHAPTER 6 Volatility-Related Exchange-Traded Notes; What are Exchange-Traded Notes?; iPath S & P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN; iPath S & P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN; Comparing the VXX and VXZ Performance.
Barclays ETN+ Inverse S & P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETNBarclays ETN+ S & P VEQTOR ETN; S & P 500 VIX Futures Source ETF; CHAPTER 7 Alternate Equity Volatility and Strategy Indexes; CBOE S & P 500 3-Month Volatility Index (VXV); VIX Premium Strategy Index (VPD); Capped VIX Premium Strategy Index (VPN); S & P 500 VARB-X Strategy Benchmark; S & P 500 Implied Correlation Index; CHAPTER 8 Volatility Indexes on Alternative Assets; CBOE Gold Volatility Index; CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index; CBOE EuroCurrency Volatility Index; CBOE/NYMEX Crude Oil (WTI) Volatility Index; CBOE/COMEX Gold Volatility Index.
CBOE/CBOT Grain Volatility IndexesFX Realized Volatility Indexes; CHAPTER 9 The VIX as a Stock Market Indicator; The Inverse Relationship between the VIX and the S & P 500; VIX Index as an Indicator; VIX Futures as an Indicator; A Modified VIX Futures Contract; Combining VIX Futures and the VIX Index; VIX Index and Gold Price Indicator; VIX Option Put-Call Ratio; CHAPTER 10 Hedging with VIX Derivatives; Hedging with VIX Options; Hedging with VIX Futures; University of Massachusetts Study; CHAPTER 11 Speculating with VIX Derivatives; VIX Futures Trading; VIX Option Trading; VIX ETN Trading.
Comparing VIX Trading InstrumentsCHAPTER 12 Calendar Spreads with VIX Futures; Comparing VIX Futures Prices; The Mechanics of a Calendar Spread; Patterns in the Data; Trade Management; Other Parameters; CHAPTER 13 Calendar Spreads with VIX Options; VIX Option Pricing; Calendar Spread with Put Options; Calendar Spread with Call Options; Diagonal Spread with Put Options; Diagonal Spread with Call Options; CHAPTER 14 Calendar Spreads with VIX Options and Futures; Comparing Options and Futures; Calendar Spread Examples; CHAPTER 15 Vertical Spreads with VIX Options; Vertical Spread Examples.
CHAPTER 16 Iron Condors and Butterflies with VIX Options.
