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Nov 22, 2025 • CI Volatility Investments

Trading Strategies

UVXY Mechanical Scalp Entries

Those who remember my X.com posts every Friday tagged #UVXYEOWMetrics, I’ve been running a simple strategy to take advantage of the random walk and mean…

Feb 10 • Michael Listman

UVXY: 68% Win Rate During This Entry Point

By the end of this article you’ll know exactly what day of the week and exactly what time is best for shorting UVXY based on data from the past year.

Jan 31 • CI Volatility Investments

SLV: 73% Win Rate During This Entry Point

When you slice the day by entry time from early morning through late afternoon, one particular weekday and a couple of narrow windows stand out far…

Jan 31 • CI Volatility Investments

How to Time Covered Calls the Smart Way

A Technical Framework for Covered Call Selection

Jan 27 • CI Volatility Investments

Premium Research Library

Silver Daily vs Weekly Return Distribution Report

The following analysis examines silver’s price behavior over the past one year (roughly January 2025 through late January 2026), based on daily and…

Jan 31 • CI Volatility Investments

UVXY Performance during Power Hour (2025)

How does UVXY perform everyday from 3pm - 4pm?

Jan 28 • CI Volatility Investments

Tesla Earnings: Does the Next-Day Reaction Predict 30-Day Performance?

Tesla (TSLA) earnings days are pure adrenaline for traders.

Jan 12 • CI Volatility Investments

How to use Google Search to Predict VIX Spikes

Investors have long sought early warning systems for market turbulence, relying on indicators like the VIX.

Jan 11 • CI Volatility Investments

Trades

Market Makers have been loathe to give me fills on UVIX but they gave me some this morning. Interactive Brokers has prohibited trading UVXY in IRA…

6 hrs ago • Michael Listman

WMT, AMZN - 52x for Groceries, 28x for Cloud Computing

Walmart is currently trading at a higher valuation multiple than Amazon.

Feb 15 • CI Volatility Investments

SLV, ZSL - A 98% Probability Silver Trade

We're putting on a silver risk reversal that collects premium whether silver stays range-bound or rallies.

Feb 13 • CI Volatility Investments

SQQQ - A Diagonal Spread the Market Is Mispricing

If you can keep your position size small and stomach the swings, this diagonal call spread looks like a gift.

Feb 13 • CI Volatility Investments

Volatility Basics

Is it Better to Buy VIX Calls or SVIX Puts?

Traders seeking convexity with long volatility exposure usually buy VIX calls, but most of them don’t know they can also buy SVIX puts (options on the…

Jan 20 • CI Volatility Investments

Is it Better to Buy VIX Calls or SPY Puts?

Buying VIX calls is an excellent tool in very specific situations, but it is a poor choice for the vast majority of market environments.

Jan 16 • CI Volatility Investments

Do stocks drive changes in VIX or does VIX drive changes in stocks?

In financial markets, few relationships are as iconic as the inverse relationship between stock prices and volatility.

Jan 12 • CI Volatility Investments

Why Are VIX Futures Usually More Expensive?

As you can see from the chart above, VIX futures contracts trading further out in time are priced higher than near-term contracts.

Dec 24, 2025 • CI Volatility Investments

Trading Signals

All CI Volatility Trading Signals

For easy reference, we’ve compiled links of all CI Volatility Trading Signals in a single location

Nov 22, 2025 • CI Volatility Investments

Long-Term Volatility Weighted Indicator

This strategy implements a volatility-weighted long-term momentum signal.

Nov 21, 2025 • CI Volatility Investments

Ultimate Natural Gas Price Forecaster

Nov 3, 2025 • CI Volatility Investments

VIX Spike Risk Forecaster

Nov 2, 2025 • CI Volatility Investments

UVXY Short Signal (Low Frequency)

Oct 19, 2025 • CI Volatility Investments

Tips For Beginners

The World's Top 10 Worst Stocks of 2025 (and how to avoid them)

Primary Reasons a Stock Drops 99% in a Year

Jan 29 • CI Volatility Investments

The 5 Types of VWAP Every Trader Should Know

Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is one of the most used technical indicators available to traders.

Jan 28 • CI Volatility Investments

Top 10 Social Media Account Types With No Edge

For traders, the X platform delivers real-time information faster than any traditional source, but it’s also full of accounts that give you no edge.

Jan 14 • CI Volatility Investments

"Please Handle Carelessly"

“Antifragile” describes things that not only withstand stress, volatility, and shocks but actually improve, strengthen, or benefit from them. It is the…

Jan 13 • CI Volatility Investments

Blog

Polymarket's Insider Trading Problem Is Getting Worse and Nobody Cares

Prediction markets were supposed to be the future.

9 hrs ago • CI Volatility Investments

When Pepsi Is Crushing Microsoft, the Economy Should Be Worried

In 2026, the companies that sell you toothpaste and frozen chicken are dramatically outperforming the companies that were supposed to be building the…

Feb 16 • CI Volatility Investments

How a Cute Dog Commercial Revealed Amazon's Surveillance Network

First off, most people don't even know that Amazon owns Ring.

Feb 15 • CI Volatility Investments

How We Burned Civilization’s Most Valuable Resource to Print Casino Chips

Twenty years from now, the history books will record one of the strangest episodes of mass economic delusion in human civilization: The era when…

Feb 14 • CI Volatility Investments

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