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StratagemTrade - Volatility Pairs Vipar Taking a Bite Out of Volatility Pairs by J L Lord

StratagemTrade ViPars Textbook
Option Trading Strategy

Take advantage of market volatility! This textbook is a valuable resource for anyone interested in option trading strategies with VIX and VXX options. The author, J.L. Lord, provides a detailed and easy-to-follow guide on how to trade the VIX with Volatility Pairs (Vipar). The book is in English and comes in a hardcover format. The book is published by Stratagem Trade LLC.


Discover Stratagem Trading’s proprietary approach to trading volatility—the Volatility Pair (ViPar™): Taking a Bite Out of Volatility. In the two volume book set and class videos, you will learn the intricacies of volatility, and intelligent ways to trade it while being hedged. ViPar™ is definitely one of our favorite trading strategies.  Topics discussed range for basic definitions to the step-by-step criteria our materials are known for.

Futures: This section introduces futures including the common fears and misconceptions many people have about trading them. A basic understanding of futures is needed because many of the volatility products are tied to a future-based underlying. Note: Although futures can sometimes be the most effective tool, it is not necessary to use them when trading ViPars™.

Products: This section covers the primary volatility products and S&P 500 instruments utilized in the ViPar™ trades. Don't underestimate their power. It is very common for just one volatility product (VXX) to trade 4 times as many shares in a day than the most heavily traded stock in America—Bank of America (BAC). You will learn how the VIX really works. Important concepts are explained including skew, contango, backwardization, drag, reversion to the mean, realized vs. implied volatility, and the term structure.  Pairs trading is introduced.

ViPar™ Criteria: After an overview of what we are trying to accomplish with the ViPar™ trade, you will be taken step-by-step through the process analyzing volatility and market conditions and constructing a standard VXX / SPX ViPar™. This includes choosing the time frame/expiration, selecting the VXX option side of the pair, selecting the SPX spread hedge, and balancing it against the VXX side.

Position Management and Adjustment: This section details the adjustments and hedges that may be applied as volatility and the market move in relation to each other. It is these strategic adjustments that can super-charge any ViPar™ position.

This book is part of The Vipars™ mini-class by StratagemTrade:

This mini class is a great start for understanding Volatility Pairs trading. The Vipars™ mini-class covers everything needed to implement the strategy and is not a teaser to sell other product.  For more information on Vipars™, read more about the strategy here.

It is a short term trade that is usually held from 1-10 days, depending on market conditions. It is a spread between the VIX (Volatility Index) and the SPX, and is an excellent tool to implement when the markets are falling apart.

Many times a year the market will fall fast and hard. The fear and panic that ensues causes traders to not know what to do. Some people want to buy stocks at a discount compared to the price they were at the previous day; however, they worry about buying it too soon if the market is still falling more. This uncertainty causes paralysis on most traders not knowing what do do in these market conditions, but the ViPar ™ is the perfect strategy.

We will sell the overbought VIX and hedge that sale with an SPX spread in case the fear gets worse. Then we just wait for things to calm down, which they always do, and close the trade for a large potential profit.

Many students start here and if they have huge success with the strategy and want to specialize in this powerful strategy, then they can always contact the office to upgrade to the full 3-day package.