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VIX 25/65 call spread as a year-end hedge

The guest highlighted a VIX 25/65 call spread as a potential 'set and forget' hedge into year-end.

Chris Hussey. Thison Goldman Sachs Exchanges: The Markets

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CONTESTED · 77 MENTIONS · 42 EPISODES · 16 SHOWS

30 JUN 2025 — 14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO

18 SUPPORT · 7 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 50 MENTIONED

30 JUN 2025 · FIRST HEARD
THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 7 MENTIONS
10 EPISODES BETWEEN · 18 MENTIONS
1. 9 JUL 2025
  GRANT'S CURRENT YIELD PODCAST
  - Gold and Bitcoin share rising volatility trait
2. 31 JUL 2025
  THE DERIVATIVE
  - Defined-risk options for cattle event risk
3. 3 OCT 2025
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 3 MENTIONS
4. 10 OCT 2025
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
  - Use low volatility to buy convexity hedges
5. 16 OCT 2025
  MACROVOICES
  - Convex bet on dollar strength via euro puts
6. 22 OCT 2025
  THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 2 MENTIONS
  - Not all printed commodity vol is tradable
  - Financialization creates signatures in commodity vol
7. 6 NOV 2025
  THE DERIVATIVE · 5 MENTIONS
8. 7 NOV 2025
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Earnings day stock volatility at financial crisis levels
  - Selling options to capture retail bid for income
9. 20 NOV 2025
  THE DERIVATIVE
  - Relative value preferred over directional bets
10. 21 NOV 2025
  THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
  - Systematic options via volatility forecasting
25 NOV 2025
GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- VIX 25/65 call spread as a year-end hedge · THIS IDEA
24 EPISODES BETWEEN · 40 MENTIONS
1. 5 DEC 2025
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
  - Optionalized long China yuan trade
2. 16 DEC 2025
  THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 3 MENTIONS
  - Data-centric client flow analysis for sell-side desks
  - Not all losing flow is bad for the book
  - Analyzing client edge across different time frames
3. 15 JAN 2026 · CHALLENGES
  THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
  - Retail speculation concentrated in high-volatility names
4. 28 JAN 2026
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - Long-dated options as portfolio risk management
5. 5 FEB 2026
  WHAT BITCOIN DID
  - Cautious 2026 outlook with convexity-seeking hedges
6. 26 FEB 2026
  THE DERIVATIVE
  - Carry trade as a low-risk ag spread strategy
7. 27 FEB 2026
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
  - Use call spreads for EM after rally
8. 27 FEB 2026
  MASTERS IN BUSINESS
  - Implied vs realized volatility is the options seller's edge
9. 5 MAR 2026
  THE DERIVATIVE · 4 MENTIONS
  - Covered call and structured product writing as a vol distortion
  - Long vol as a low-frequency, high-magnitude return source
  - Retail flow in zero-DTE options creates gamma opportunities
  - Sumo wrestling metaphor for market convexity
10. 13 MAR 2026 · CHALLENGES
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - Market in 'max pain' stair-step decline
11. 13 MAR 2026
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
  - Institutional hedging via macro ETF shorts
12. 13 MAR 2026
  THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 6 MENTIONS
  - Spot-vol correlation requires dynamic delta hedging
  - Positioning drives spot-vol correlation beta
  - Straddle price as 80% of annual vol
  - Short-dated options trade straddle moves, not IV
  - Inverted vol term structure can be a trap
  - Vol spikes force position size cuts
13. 15 MAR 2026
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Use options when outcome range is wide
14. 19 MAR 2026
  THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST
  - Cash-secured puts as a value investor's tool
15. 19 MAR 2026
  EXCESS RETURNS
  - Long gamma as a core investing philosophy
16. 19 MAR 2026
  MACROVOICES
  - Food inflation call spread using elevated vol
17. 2 APR 2026
  THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
  - VIX call setup before August 2024 spike
18. 10 APR 2026
  THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
  - Option skew signaled bullish CPI bet
19. 11 APR 2026
  EXCESS RETURNS · 5 MENTIONS
  - VIX collapse driven by options positioning unwind
  - Market is heavily hedged with puts
  - Well-hedged market limits crash potential
  - Zero DTE options priced for perfection, risk high · CHALLENGES
  - Options flows reinforce market trends pre-expiration
20. 13 APR 2026
  ANIMAL SPIRITS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Index-level options avoid capping winners
  - Covered call strategies offer multiple ways to win
21. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Portfolio protection cheap via VIX puts
22. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 2 MENTIONS
  - October-November VIX futures calendar spread trade
  - Short UVXY straddles paired with short SVIX
23. 1 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED
  - Positively convex: more risk is less risk
24. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
  - Scaling into and out of inverse VIX
6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- Options market volume remains robust post-June
7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 4 MENTIONS
13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- Volatility risk premium as persistent return source
13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- Volatility supply from yield products dampens realized vol
14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- Covered calls as a tax-efficient yield enhancer
14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 3 MENTIONS

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