February 9, 2021. Dr. Stuart Barton of Invest In Vol discusses recent changes to the VIX futures settlement process.

December 3, 2020. Dr. Stuart Barton of Invest In Vol revisits volatility as a stock replacement strategy.

November 24, 2020. Dr. Stuart Barton of Invest In Vol analyzes whether VIX ETPs have a broader impact on the US equity market.

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA I August 27, 2019 Dr. Barton discusses trading volatility in difficult political regimes.

Vance Harwood I April 24, 2019 Status quo forecasting is sometimes very easy to do. For example, if you predict that tomorrow’s high...

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA I March 6, 2019 Volatility Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) have undergone a lot of changes in the last year or...

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA I January 29, 2019 Following a recent RIA Channel Webinar we presented with VelocityShares, we received a series...

Vance Harwood I December 14, 2018 It’s well known that long volatility Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) like VXX, UVXY, and TVIX often...

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA I September 21, 2018 In October last year, I published an article asking whether daily inverse VIX products might...

Vance Harwood I July 16, 2018 Just about anyone who’s looked at a multi-year chart for a long volatility fund like Barclays’ VXX has...

Vance Harwood I May 22, 2018 In May 2017 VelocityShares introduced two new volatility funds, EXIV and EVIX, which track European...

Vance Harwood I February 9, 2018 Update As of February 28, 2018 SVXY will target -0.5x leverage instead of -1x. This change was in...

Vance Harwood I November 29, 2017 Models are useful. They help us understand the world around us and aid us in predicting what will...

Stuart Barton I November 6, 2017 With so much interest in VIX linked Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) like VXX, XIV, and SVXY, etc., I...

Stuart Barton I October 12, 2017 Stock Replacement Strategies (SRS) attempt to replicate equity performance without directly investing in...

Justin Young I September 25, 2017 A highlight of last week’s CBOE Risk Management conference in London was a presentation by Nick Cherney...

Stuart Barton I August 10, 2017 Summary VarSwaps make up a significant portion of the equity volatility market. Retail investors trading...

Stuart Barton I July 11, 2017 Summary VIX futures term structure is seen as a major driver of VIX ETP performance Demand for long dated...

Stuart Barton I June 28, 2017 There have been a lot of articles highlighting the spectacular returns of inverse volatility product both...

Stuart Barton I June 21, 2017 Synopsis At Invest In Vol we believe that alternative assets offer investors an important source of...