PodcastThe Options Insider Radio NetworkOctober 15, 2026
Options Boot Camp 412: Volatility Scrooges: VIX Perps, Apple, VIX and more
No official VIX perpetual futures exist yet; meanwhile Trade Alert's October 31 shutdown is pushing traders toward cheaper analytics alternatives.
- VIX perps still just talk: Hosts clarify no official Cboe announcement exists on VIX perpetual futures — a Cboe rep floated the idea at a conference panel and it snowballed online.
- Single-name VIX history: Cboe launched non-tradable single-stock VIX indexes in 2011 on Apple, Amazon, Google, IBM and Goldman Sachs; none ever became tradable products.
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