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DEMYSTIFYING THE VIX

The 'tourist takes a stab at putting some VIX theory into English

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Kevin Muir
May 11, 2021
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Have you ever heard some option egghead talk about how VIX is actually a “variance swap?”

My plan for this post was to unmask the math behind the VIX. Maybe putting together the numbers and showing the calculations might make it less intimidating. I figured; how hard can it be?

Well, I figured wrong.

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