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Old 02-21-2013 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by dalad
OT to Carl, did you do another call spread on the vix? Looks like you missed it by a week. The vix futures are real close to backwardation and a bigger spike should be coming. I got stopped out of SVXY, and am long the 77.5 puts. Alraedy over 100% on those with a stop in.
I didn't. I should have stayed mechanical (like I normally do), but I got cute and thought I could time the bottom a little closer. Moral?...I'm an idiot.

Carl