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		helsinkiandrew on March 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Black-Scholes/Merton equation [video] People have been trading options and futures on the volatility of the S&P500 for years: https://www.cboe.com/tradable_products/vix/vix_options/

throwawayFinX on March 4, 2024 [–]

This is also (slightly) incorrect.

When trading the VIX, you are trading the implied volatility not the actual (realized) volatility.

VIX represents the implied vol of options on S&P500 expiring 30 days into the future.

Trading the realized volatility is not easy :)

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