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Get to know the VIX Index (aka The Fear Index) 

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Get to know the VIX Index (aka The Fear Index)
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UDEMY 
Overview

Learn how VIX measures Fear and its impact on Options

Duration

2 hours

Total fee

1,699

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Get to know the VIX Index (aka The Fear Index)
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Get to know the VIX Index (aka The Fear Index)
 at 
UDEMY 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from Udemy
  • Learn from 4 downloadable resources
  • Get full lifetime access of the course material
  • Comes with 30 days money back guarantee
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Get to know the VIX Index (aka The Fear Index)
 at 
UDEMY 
Course details

Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
  • For All stock and Options traders
What are the course deliverables?
  • Learn about the all-important VIX Index
  • What does certain levels of VIX mean
  • How is the VIX calculated
  • What is the relationship between the VIX index and the SPX Index
  • How does the VIX measure "fear" in the markets
  • What does high VIX levels do to Option prices (see what happened in the 2008 crisis)
  • What strategies are ideal in a low or medium VIX environment
  • What strategies are ideal in a high VIX environment
  • What to watch out for in a high VIX environment
More about this course
  • The VIX is one of the most watched indicators in the markets, even by professionals
  • We take a look at what this index is, Understanding VIX method of computation, and how this Index is interpreted on a day-to-day basis in practical terms
  • The VIX may be called a Volatility Index, but it acts more like a Fear index in the markets
  • This course looks at the example of the financial crisis of 2008 in detail when the VIX levels spiked to unprecedented levels, and the impact it had on Options prices
  • There are several other Volatility indexes that track Volatility in the markets, and we cover the important ones

Get to know the VIX Index (aka The Fear Index)
 at 
UDEMY 
Curriculum

Introduction to the VIX Index

Introduction to the VIX Index or Fear Index

Course Agenda and General Discussion of the VIX Index

History of the VIX Index

Calculation of the VIX Index

Practical analysis and Implications of the VIX index

Relationship of the VIX Index to the S&P 500 Options

Practical trading examples during a High VIX environment

Analysis of the High VIX and Google (GOOG) Options

Analysis of the Nasdaq VIX (NVX) and the Russell 2000 VIX (RVX)

CONCLUSION: Ideal strategies for different VIX levels

VIX Quiz

BONUS LECTURE - DONT MISS !!

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Get to know the VIX Index (aka The Fear Index)
 at 
UDEMY 
Faculty details

Hari Swaminathan
Hari Swaminathan is the founder of OptionTiger, a cutting-edge Options mentoring company, and a full-circle educator in all areas of Financial Markets, Hari has developed several proprietary Intellectual Property "methods and approaches" around enhancing base case Options strategies (which favor the Market Makers) and turns that deficit into a massive EDGE on the trader's side.

Get to know the VIX Index (aka The Fear Index)
 at 
UDEMY 
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