Experts Offer Their Top 5 Volatility ETFs

[View in browser]( [The Spill Logo] BROUGHT TO YOU BY: [Logo]( Proprietary Data Insights Financial Pros’ Top Volatility ETF Searches in the Last Month Rank Ticker Name Searches #1 [VIXY]( ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF 78 #2 [VXX]( iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN 62 #3 [UVXY]( ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures 5 #4 [SVXY]( ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures 4 #5 [VIXM]( ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF 2 #ad [Navigating Market Volatility: The Alt Advantage]( Brought to you by [Retirement Watch]( [The Retirement Bombshell of 2024]( [Retirement Watch - The Retirement Bombshell of 2024]( It wasn't the Biggest Retirement Story of 2020. But it will be for 2024. Already, over 800,000 people have watched this bombshell video. The evidence compiled in the video is unsettling, if not outright damning. And yet... mainstream news outlets still won't touch the story. Despite the fact that THIS NEW LAW is already on the books, and in play. 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You see, volatility isn’t a physical asset. It’s a measure. So you can’t actually buy it. Your only options are investing or trading in those volatility measures' derivatives. Large institutions do this with futures contracts, which are like options contracts, except they have the obligation, not the right, to fulfill the contract. The VIXY holds short-term futures contracts on the S&P 500 volatility index known as the VIX. Since futures contracts come with different settlement dates, you can buy ones that expire soon or far out into the future. Performance Like options contracts, futures contracts often trade at a premium to the spot price of the VIX. For example, a futures contract that settles in one month may trade at $15 while the VIX is at $14.50. Eventually, that premium erodes, which is why all things being equal, the value of these ETFs erodes over time. That’s why this ETF and similar ones’ performance over long periods of time is awful. [Performance] [Source: ProShares]( As you can see, they do a great job of helping out when markets drop, like they did during the pandemic crash in 2020. But hold it long enough, and you’ll eventually lose. That’s why these are best suited as short-term tactical instruments, not investments. Competition There are several other ETFs in the same arena. A few have leverage. One actually bets on the inverse. However, as you will see below, the premium associated with futures contracts erodes its value over time as well. - iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX): This ETF is similar to the VIXY, but it is from a different provider. It has more liquidity and assets under management. - ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures (UVXY): The UVXY is the leveraged version of the VIXY, which can work incredibly well if the market collapses but will lose value faster otherwise. - ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures (SVXY): This ETF bets against the VIX futures contracts, which is why it’s the only one to have a positive return over time. However, massive spikes in volatility have blown up similar ETFs in the past. - ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF (VIXM): The VIXM is just like the VIXY, except it focuses on futures contracts with settlement dates further into the future. That makes it lose premium at a slower rate, which is why its long-term performance isn’t nearly as bad as that of the others. [Net assets] Our Opinion 5/10 We’re not big fans of holding these instruments for any length of time. Doing so is effectively trying to time market crashes, which is hard for even the best. If you do want to play these ETFs, we suggest the VXX given its higher liquidity. And with that, we’d prefer options on the VXX because if we’re going to try and time market crashes, we’d prefer to get paid handsomely when we’re right. 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