Jason Buck is joined today by Zed Francis to discuss the benefits of adding volatility strategies to your portfolio, achieving a negative a correlation to equities during market downturns, what Zed calls the ‘3 trading levers’, profiting from institutional volatility players, problems with some long-volatility strategies, when a discretionary approach is needed, how to adjust a portfolio if volatility is persisting, some thoughts on the VIX ETF, helping clients to achieve capital efficient accounts, maintaining liquidity for rebalancing during a selloff, and the deeper insight into the global macro landscape that being a volatility expert gives you.

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In this episode, we discuss:

The benefits of volatility strategies to a portfolio
How to profit from large stock market selloffs
Some of Zed Francis’s unique approaches to volatility trading
Profiting from institutional volatility traders
When to apply a discretionary approach
The VIX ETF
Helping clients to be cash efficient in their portfolios
The need for liquidity during large market moves

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:41 - Why should somebody add volatility or tail-risk strategies into their portfolio?

03:10 - Seeking a negative correlation to equities

06:16 - Can you explain what you call your ‘3 trading levers’?

08:11 - Can you breakdown your approach to combining ‘long gamma’ and ‘short Vega’?

13:40 - Do you aim to profit off...

VOL05: Maintaining Liquidity & Cash Efficiency ft. Zed Francis

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