A SHARP SPIKE IN THE VIX?
10 August 2009 by Cullen Roche
2 Comments
Options traders are betting on it:
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Comments
How many fucking times have we heard this? TPC, did you like that yen call brother. Sell it near 97-98, but it near 92-93, rinse and repeat…
I am reluctant to predict things due to options buying/writing since there are so many reasons why investors buy and write options (sometimes big investors will do it to spread disinformation for example).