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RE: [RT] VIX and VXN from their father



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-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald McEwan [mailto:rmac@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:34 PM
To: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RT] VIX and VXN from their father


This is very interesting. I have been using the VIX ( and the VXN ) as
inputs to a Montecarlo Simulation model I develeoped to predict the
approximate price ranges for the Oex and Ndx. I never realized that this
could not be done ?

Ron McEwan
 
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 19:13:31 -0500 "Jacobson, Alex"
<AJacobson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I was at the annual CBOE/CBOT/CME Risk Management Conference this 
> week.  On
> Friday Bob Whaley of Fuqua .. the fellow who created VIX and VXN for 
> the
> CBOE did a piece analyzing volatility indexes.  He, in effect, did 
> an
> analysis of the predictive value of market vol. indexes as 
> predictive tools
> ... both short term and long term.  I'll simplify his conclusions.  
> It
> doesn't work as forward price indicator.   I don't know if the CBOE 
> will or
> won't post his study on their Website.  The CBOE never proposed the 
> index as
> a predictive tool of direction ... it was offered as a gauge of 
> subsequent
> market return volatility.
> 
> One really interesting analysis he did was on the spread of VXN over 
> VIX as
> measure of concern over tech.
> 
> Alex Jacobson
> Vice President
> Business Development
> International Securities Exchange
> (212)897 8125
> (877)720 9918(SKYPAGE)
> ajacobson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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