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VIXYETF
ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
$16.981d -3.9%5d -6.5%settled close · 2026-09-17
β -2.5252w $16.95–29Ind. Commodity Contracts Brokers & DealersCboe BZX since 2011HQ Bethesda, MD
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30 long9 shortlatest 2026-09-08
| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | Larry McdonaldFounder, The Bear Traps Report | Bullish | Julia La Roche Show | Equity volatility is historically cheap relative to accumulating risks — crowded financial longs at record… |
| 2026-09-04 | Greg Boutle | Bullish | Bloomberg Open Interest | VIX is near year-to-date lows while macro uncertainty is at multi-year highs — payrolls, CPI, FOMC, and… |
| 2026-07-17 | Felix JauvinCo-host, Forward Guidance (Blockworks) | Bullish | Forward Guidance | Cross-asset vol remains historically low despite multiple compounding macro imbalances — BOJ repatriation… |
| 2026-06-19 | Felix JauvinCo-host, Forward Guidance (Blockworks) | Bullish | Forward Guidance | Warsh's elimination of Fed forward guidance removes the mechanism Bernanke invented specifically to suppress… |
| 2026-06-19 | Tyler NevilleTrader, Muddy Waters Capital | Bearish | Forward Guidance | Post-quad-witching seasonal tailwinds, vol-targeting systematic funds re-levering into momentum, and the… |
| 2026-06-19 | Seth KlarmanCEO, Baupost Group | Bullish | Masters in Business | Buying macro hedges when volatility is suppressed and complacency is high is cheap insurance that pays off… |
| 2026-05-07 | Michael Green (Simplify)Chief Strategist & PM, Simplify | Short | Julia La Roche Show | XIV and SVXY had come to dominate over 70% of daily VIX futures volume, creating a single-underlier… |
| 2026-02-23 | Nassim TalebAuthor; advisor, Universa Investments | Bullish | Bloomberg Television | Implied volatility structurally underprices real tail risks — US deficit requiring ever-increasing borrowing… |
| 2026-01-09 | Rick RiederCIO of Global Fixed Income, BlackRock | Bullish | Bloomberg Podcasts | Equity vol is cheap relative to rates vol, so buying equity market volatility provides cheap downside… |
| 2025-10-10 | Scott Nations | Bearish | The Compound | Systematically owning VIX ETFs destroys capital because the manager must roll from one expensive front-month… |
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| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | Tyler NevilleTrader, Muddy Waters Capital | Bullish | Forward Guidance | August has historically driven volatility higher (VIX seasonality since 1990), and the current setup is… |
| 2025-06-30 | Boaz WeinsteinFounder & CIO, Saba Capital Management | Bullish | Bloomberg Television | Post-2008 extraordinary central bank actions suppressed volatility for over a decade, but that regime has… |
| 2025-06-18 | Nassim TalebAuthor; advisor, Universa Investments | Bullish | Bloomberg Podcasts | Elevated geopolitical and fiscal uncertainty justifies buying tail hedges not because of a directional view… |
| 2025-05-21 | Kevin MuirIndependent trader — The Macro Tourist | Bullish | Forward Guidance | FX implied vol is cheap relative to equities and fixed income while fiscal divergence and Trump policy… |
| 2025-04-05 | Kyle BassFounder/CIO, Hayman Capital | Bearish | TorontoWealthGroup | When the VIX hits 40, historical precedent shows it has been a great time to buy risk assets, signaling a… |
| 2025-04-04 | Steve Quirk | Bullish | The Compound | Buying VIX futures or call spreads is a cleaner, simpler portfolio hedge than owning exchange stocks (CME… |
| 2025-01-17 | Sven HenrichFounder, NorthmanTrader | Bullish | Wealthion | VIX left a visible gap in August from the spike; that gap will ultimately fill in 2025, pointing to a move… |
| 2024-11-23 | Felix JauvinCo-host, Forward Guidance (Blockworks) | Bearish | Forward Guidance | VIX seasonality shows November and December are historically large down months, and as volatility falls… |
| 2024-11-07 | Kris SidialCo-CIO, Ambrus Group | Bullish | Excess Returns | A ~5% portfolio allocation to long vol/tail risk provides explosive returns during market crashes and —… |
| 2024-11-02 | Tyler NevilleTrader, Muddy Waters Capital | Short | Forward Guidance | Post-election resolution will cause implied volatility to collapse as hedges roll off; VIX is structurally… |
| 2024-10-15 | David WooIndependent macro strategist (ex-BofA) | Bullish | Wealthion | Geopolitical risk is at a 30-year high with Israel-Iran war imminent, Ukraine escalation possible, and US… |
| 2024-10-11 | Nassim TalebAuthor; advisor, Universa Investments | Bullish | Bloomberg Television | System fragility, AI-concentrated equity rally, high debt, and geopolitical risks mean investors need large… |
| 2024-08-05 | Noel SmithCIO & Founder, Convex Asset Management | Short | Forward Guidance | VIX at 65 is crisis-level pricing (2008/pandemic) inconsistent with the current macro shock (BOJ rate hike +… |
| 2024-06-14 | Kris SidialCo-CIO, Ambrus Group | Bullish | 42 Macro | The short volatility trade is structurally overcrowded via RIA yield-seeking programs, structured product… |
| 2022-06-27 | Harley Simplify Asset Management | Bullish | Benn Eifert | VIX term structure is flat at 30 across months 1–9, which is structurally abnormal — at elevated vol levels… |
| 2022-06-21 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | Chris Cole | In a stagflationary environment the fed reaction function is absent, suppressing equity vol spikes while… |
| 2022-02-24 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | Chris Cole | Power law violations in volatility are occurring with unprecedented frequency due to passive investing… |
| 2021-12-02 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | Chris Cole | A 21% allocation to long volatility strategies is essential in the Dragon Portfolio because it provides… |
| 2021-08-22 | Harley BassmanManaging Partner, Simplify Asset Management | Bullish | Srivatsan Prakash | Options pricing (insurance) is anomalously cheap relative to actual tail risk because pervasive 'Fed put'… |
| 2021-06-02 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | Chris Cole | Implicit and explicit short-volatility strategies appear to diversify but actually layer on leveraged equity… |
| 2021-04-23 | Cem KarsanFounder & CIO, Kai Volatility Advisors | Bullish | Mutiny Funds | VIX calls deliver the most convex payoff per dollar in acute spike events, making them the most… |
| 2020-11-03 | Rob ArnottFounder & chairman, Research Affiliates | Bearish | Investment Innovation Institute [i3] | Low-beta stocks now trade at a premium multiple to high-beta stocks—reversing their historical persistent… |
| 2020-10-05 | Jason Buck | Bullish | The Acquirers Podcast | An ensemble of long-vol managers (straddles, strangles, rolling puts, VIX arb, intraday futures) produces… |
| 2020-03-30 | Benn EifertCo-founder & CIO, QVR Advisors | Bullish | The Alpha Exchange with Dean Curnutt | Banks are not intermediating markets due to Dodd-Frank constraints, so the crisis of broken financial… |
| 2020-03-12 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | Chris Cole | Buying volatility (straddles, puts and calls) produced positive carry through both the deflationary 1930s and… |
| 2019-03-08 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | interview | Passive investing has crossed 50% of the market, making active investors too small to correct mispricings… |
| 2018-02-06 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | Chris Cole | Central banks have suppressed realized volatility through preemptive strikes on market risk while transmuting… |
| 2017-09-01 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | Chris Cole | Volatility persistence at 88-year lows while a debt supercycle, sovereign balance sheet expansion, EU breakup… |
| 2016-08-02 | Meb FaberCo-founder & CIO, Cambria | Bearish | Invest Like a Boss Podcast | Yield-hungry investors have bid dividend and low-volatility stocks to a valuation premium over the broad… |
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Notable options days
Sessions in the last 120 where VIXY’s settled options volume ran ≥ 2× its trailing 20-session baseline, or delta-dollar flow ran ≥ 2.5× — 11 of 120 sessions qualified.
The qualifying dates are the free record. Close, flow, call/LEAPS mix and the 20-session outcome — for every session below — are Brief subscriber content.
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