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Chris Dark
#40: Volatility Deep Dive with Jason Buck (Co-Founder & CIO Mutiny Fund)
1 hour 21 minutes Posted Oct 20, 2020 at 3:43 pm.
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Jason Buck (@JasonMutiny) joins me for a wide-ranging discussions about the real 'vol' - volatility. Jason is one of the pre-eminent vol experts and has a great overview of the various strategies that can be deployed - as Mutiny is a fund-of-vol-funds


Going 'long vol' is talked about quite a lot, but there has been less focus on what a Retail Investor can practically do, so we talk about various specific long vol trades to give a flavour of what is possible; including a quick masterclass on 'The Greeks'


We also cover the VIX ETPs (VXX, VIXY) - how they can be used, and how people need to be very careful with them too, as well as Left tail vs Right positioning, some guidelines for assessing how to think about position sizing (spoiler: there is no silver bullet here!), and a new analogy on Coffee and Options :)


As always, please DM me on Twitter (@Darky999) if you have any feedback, whether good/bad/ugly