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VIX Options Trader Reaps Win in 19 Hours as Stocks Resume Swoon
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Similar volume erupted in the series this morning as the VIX jumped above 27, sending the options to as high as $3.55 after trading as low as $1.75 in the prior session.</p>\n<p>The timing “seemed pretty good,” said Danny Kirsch, head of options at Cornerstone Macro LLC, adding that transaction was likely a play on volatility increasing. The investor “made some money and monetized the trade.”</p>\n<p>Stocks have been under pressure since Friday, when fears surfaced that a new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa could spark fresh outbreaks and scuttle a fragile economic recovery.</p>\n<p>The S&P 500 retreated Tuesday for a second day in three after Moderna Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Stephane Bancel told the Financial Times that existing vaccines are likely to be less effective at tackling omicron. 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Similar volume erupted in the series this morning as the VIX jumped above 27, sending the options to as high as $3.55 after trading as low as $1.75 in the prior session.\nThe timing “seemed pretty good,” said Danny Kirsch, head of options at Cornerstone Macro LLC, adding that transaction was likely a play on volatility increasing. The investor “made some money and monetized the trade.”\nStocks have been under pressure since Friday, when fears surfaced that a new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa could spark fresh outbreaks and scuttle a fragile economic recovery.\nThe S&P 500 retreated Tuesday for a second day in three after Moderna Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Stephane Bancel told the Financial Times that existing vaccines are likely to be less effective at tackling omicron. 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