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VIX Continues To Surge With Help Of ETNs | Seeking Alpha
You can see the very popular iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) had roughly $800 million in assets around July of this year, compared to now almost $1.3 billion in assets as of writing. This type of money movement into products such as the VXX is keeping a floor in VIX prices, as VXX is a long ETN product made up of mostly short-term VIX futures contracts. We can see the psychology of market participants with these type of products worrying more about hedging and protecting portfolios from losses.
If the VXX wasn't enough, let's take a look at another popular fund, the ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures Fund (UVXY). Since July of this year, UVXY assets have tripled. Now with over $1.59 billion in assets, the UVXY is most popular for those looking to go long volatility. Even as the equity markets have hit new highs, volatility funds such as the UVXY have taken off. If market participants continue to have worry, VIX products such as VXX & UVXY should continue to see assets grow rapidly. This new ETN popularity is keeping levels of the actual VIX index elevated.
Grazie, però avrei una domanda: il VIX si muove a prescindere da quello che fanno i propri futures (specifico: comanda il VIX, non i futures), il VIX è calcolato sulle opzioni, e da quanto ne so questi fondi hanno in pancia solo futures. Quindi l'indice VIX dovrebbe essere immune dalle loro manovre, che altererebbero solo il mercato dei futures.
O no?