InvestOrama's video: The VIX and the History of Volatility in finance - Billions Deep Dive

Try Wealthyhood - with virtual money first: https://bit.ly/wealthyhood Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2FQSunJ We are going on a Deep Dive into volatility trading and an instrument that we see appearing twice in Billions: the VIX index We’re going through the history of volatility in financial markets to understand how it went from concept to a tradable reality and what are strategies and tools you can use today. Resources: CBOE Research on VIX and volatility: https://www.cboe.com/education/research/ Interview with Dr. Christian Kahl, MD at Fincad about the VIX (The Fintech Files): https://youtu.be/Al6HIuag7ik Don't buy VXX (@VTS - Brent Osachoff ) : https://youtu.be/G1mKIKw6ljM ABOUT THIS CHANNEL Investorama is a YouTube channel that unveils the future of investing and explores alternative assets ► Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2FQSunJ ► The Future of Investing Newsletter: https://forms.gle/cJ6AkyyLT7cvhHKQ7 👉Connect👈 ► http://instagram.com/fintechorama ►http://twitter.com/fintechorama ►https://www.linkedin.com/in/georges-aliferis-caia-60078312/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ⏱Timestamps⏱ 0:00 - The VIX in Billions 0:43 - 1950s: maths enter the financial world 1:25 - 1970s: Black & Scholes model 2:00 - 1990s: the birth of the VIX 3:14 - 2004: The Vix Futures 4:50 - 2009: VIX products 5:40 - 2108: the XIV Collapse 6:30 - Today: can you invest in the VIX? No. Should you trade it? Maybe ABOUT THE BILLIONS SERIES Emmy® and Golden Globe® winners Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis star in a complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti) and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (Lewis) are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmanoeuvre the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series. MUSIC Like That - Anno Domini Beats Blunt - Andrew Huang