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48 long1 neutral11 shortlatest 2026-10-21
| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
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| 2026-10-21 | Unknown | Neutral | CNBC Fast Money Final Trade | The VIX has reentered its Ichimoku cloud, signaling neutral volatility conditions that are conducive to a… |
| 2026-10-17 | Kevin MuirIndependent trader — The Macro Tourist | Bullish | The Market Huddle | Realized S&P 500 stock correlation is at all-time historic lows, suppressing the VIX to ~15 while a 'shadow… |
| 2026-10-13 | Amy Wu SilvermanHead of derivatives strategy, RBC Capital Markets | Bullish | Bloomberg The Close | Earnings season historically expands single-stock implied vol relative to the index as idiosyncratic… |
| 2026-10-11 | Brent KochubaFounder, SpotGamma | Bullish | Excess Returns (feed) | Tech single-stock implied volatility has gotten very cheap after the dispersion trade unwound entirely… |
| 2026-10-06 | Josh Brown (Ritholtz)CEO, Ritholtz Wealth Management | Bullish | The Compound | VIX has been in a coma at 16 for months while FX and fixed income volatility are meaningfully elevated — a… |
| 2026-10-05 | Stuart KaiserHead of US equity trading strategy, Citi | Bullish | Bloomberg Open Interest | Russell 2000 options are cheap relative to rates volatility and offer the best cross-asset value for… |
| 2026-09-24 | Patrick Ceresna (Macro Voices)Co-host, MacroVoices & Market Huddle | Bullish | Macro Voices | Three-month VIX is at year lows despite fully capturing the election, the next earnings cycle, and upcoming… |
| 2026-09-24 | Patrick Ceresna (Macro Voices)Co-host, MacroVoices & Market Huddle | Bullish | Macro Voices | The 3-month VIX is at year lows while the window encompasses the US election, full October earnings cycle… |
| 2026-09-16 | Dean CurnuttCEO, Macro Risk Advisors | Bullish | Forward Guidance | Record-low stock correlations are artificially suppressing realized S&P vol and hence the VIX; AI/hyperscaler… |
| 2026-09-15 | Dan Nathan (RiskReversal)Trader & co-host, RiskReversal Media | Bullish | CNBC Fast Money Final Trade | Near-term implied volatility is too cheap given the macro uncertainty around the Fed meeting, making outright… |
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| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
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| 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 BoutleUS head of equity derivatives strategy, BNP Paribas | 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 NationsPresident, NationsShares; CNBC contributor | Bearish | The Compound | Systematically owning VIX ETFs destroys capital because the manager must roll from one expensive front-month… |
| 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… |
| 2025-04-22 | Diego ParrillaCIO, Quadriga Asset Managers | Bullish | Wealthion | In a stagflationary environment where fixed income no longer reliably hedges equities, volatility is the true… |
| 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 QuirkChief brokerage officer, Robinhood | 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… |
| 2024-11-21 | Danielle Dimartino BoothCEO & Chief Strategist, QI Research | Bullish | interview | The path for risky assets will be bumpier than for inflation even as the Fed eases, making volatility… |
| 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… |
| 2024-01-31 | Cem KarsanFounder & CIO, Kai Volatility Advisors | Bullish | Option Alpha | Fix-strike vol is currently crushed and VIX is pinned at low levels heading into a window where supportive… |
| 2024-01-24 | Cem KarsanFounder & CIO, Kai Volatility Advisors | Bullish | The Market Huddle | When these ultra-convex VIX calls move from 5-10 cents toward ~50 cents before any market decline, it signals… |
| 2023-09-14 | Harley BassmanManaging Partner, Simplify Asset Management | Short | Macro Voices | MOVE at 120+ (well above its long-term average) means the market is overpaying for rate optionality relative… |
| 2023-04-18 | Cem KarsanFounder & CIO, Kai Volatility Advisors | Short | WhalePool | Industrial commodity implied vol is structurally overdone in inflationary regimes — historically commodity… |
| 2022-12-16 | David RosenbergEconomist — Rosenberg Research | Bullish | Foremost Financial | Volatility historically outperforms during recessions and can be accessed through options and derivatives… |
| 2022-07-07 | Cem KarsanFounder & CIO, Kai Volatility Advisors | Bullish | Capital Market Laboratories | Removal of the Fed liquidity put combined with extreme prior valuations and rising geopolitical competition… |
| 2022-06-27 | Harley BassmanManaging Partner, 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… |
| 2022-02-08 | Cem KarsanFounder & CIO, Kai Volatility Advisors | Bullish | Top Traders Unplugged | ~500 trillion dollars in global long assets (equities, real estate, commodities) is largely unhedged… |
| 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… |
| 2021-03-01 | Felix ZulaufFounder, Zulauf Consulting | Bullish | DoubleLine Capital | Extreme one-sided bullish positioning means even a small catalyst could cause a near-term doubling of the VIX… |
| 2021-03-01 | Jeffrey GundlachCEO/CIO, DoubleLine Capital | Bullish | Felix Zulauf | Algo-driven straight-up/straight-down markets, parabolic call-option volume requiring massive dealer long… |
| 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 BuckCo-founder & CIO, Mutiny Funds | 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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