Date: January 22nd, 2018 9:36 PM Author: comical boiling water garrison
I am up 4% more than S&P for same time period. Ok but not great...but on any given great day or week your numbers spike and you can claim you are doing better.
Date: January 22nd, 2018 9:43 PM Author: Racy Jewess House
With a mix of SPXL and XIV I've managed to get more than 2x the return of the S&P since last May (41% vs 18%). Was mostly flat before moving to this strategy.
Date: January 22nd, 2018 9:49 PM Author: comical boiling water garrison
That's good. I have had a lot of different ideas in RH and am still ahead but I lost a lot of the year bogged down in some underwater stocks. Finally sold once I turned positive.
Date: January 22nd, 2018 9:59 PM Author: Racy Jewess House
Oversimplifying a bit: The VIX is an *estimate* of S&P500 volatility. This estimate is almost always (80%+ of the time) higher than what actual volatility is. It's usually a 10-20% difference. XIV essentially lets you make money off of this difference.
Would recommend buying it only after it dips 25%+ and not in the middle of some sort of economic downturn.