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One question I get all too often at times like these is something like, \u201cI bought VIX calls, and they didn\u2019t do what I expected.\u201d  Options traders all too often forget that options are priced off the forward value<\/em><\/strong> of the underlying security at the desired expiration.  That can differ substantially from the spot value.  The concept of forward value is crucially important.  Here is what to keep in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put very simply, when one is trading VIX options, the price is based off the futures that expire in the same month or week as the options.  As we can see from the real-world examples below, those values can either be quite similar to each other or differ substantially. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIX Futures Term Structure, Today (March 11, 2025, yellow, top), 1-Week Ago (March 4, red, top), with Changes (bottom)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"VIX<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Interactive Brokers<\/em> – Past performance is not indicative of future results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just one week ago, spot VIX was relatively elevated, but the VIX futures curve was pancake flat beyond that.  At that time, the \u201cat-money\u201d value of virtually every VIX option was about 20.5.  This was despite the fact that spot VIX, the number that is most frequently quoted, was 23.  Those who bought calls might have thought they were getting a bargain, and conversely, those who bought puts might have thought that prices seemed unreasonably high.  A thorough understanding of forward values becomes key to understanding that distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most basic consideration about forward value occurs when one is trading options on dividend-paying stocks.  Dividends reduce the forward value of a stock \u2013 if you own options rather than shares on an ex-dividend date you forego the stock\u2019s dividend.  Experienced options traders know to be quite cognizant of dividend dates, and typically exercise deep in-the-money calls to avoid that pitfall.  Thus, whether those traders are explicitly considering forward values, they tend to think in those terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, when rates were near-zero, those who traded non-dividend paying stocks could lose sight of the fact that forward values were important because forward values could be nearly identical to spot prices.  When rates began to rise, we wrote a piece reminded readers about the role of interest rates in options pricing, with the unenticing title, \u201cRho \u2013 The Forgotten But Important Options Greek.\u201d   Even now, the role of interest rates on forward values can be relatively subtle, especially with traders\u2019 increasing focus on short-term options, but they become quite obvious when a stock is hard-to-borrow.  In those cases, the forward value can be substantially below <\/em>the spot price, reflecting the negative interest rates that prevail for hard-to-borrow stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, here is an important shortcut to determining a forward value<\/strong>.  Look at the calls and puts of a given option\u2019s expiration.  If the price of the call is equivalent to the put, then that is roughly the forward value of the underlying product at that expiration.  Sometimes they don\u2019t line up perfectly, so then find the lines where the call price flips from above the corresponding put price to below it.  That means that the forward value is between the two strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These concepts apply to options on index products.\u00a0 For example, when we think about futures on the S&P 500 (SPX) we note that those typically trade at a premium \u2013 at least with interest rates at current values.\u00a0 This is because the interest rate is greater than the index\u2019 dividend yield.\u00a0 Thus, we currently see June ES futures trading about $50 above the soon-to-expire March futures.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet there is a very important distinction when trading VIX options.  Unlike SPX, where there is a stable relationship between interest rates and dividends that leads to a consistent \u201ccontango\u201d, or upward sloping futures curve, VIX has a tendency to flatten or slip into \u201cbackwardation\u201d during times of market stress.  I explained backwardation this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It implies an abnormal state, and a commodity that is experiencing shortages tends to be in backwardation.  If demand outstrips supply in the short term, but is expected to normalize at some point in the ensuing months, we tend to see a curve in backwardation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of VIX futures, the commodity in short supply is volatility protection.  Its supply and demand can vary wildly when markets are unstable.  This is something that is reflected in the chart above.  We see the shape of the curves change dramatically in just a week.  Confusingly for some, that depending upon which expirations were used, it also means that the returns on calls differed substantially over that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note the differences in the bottom half of the chart.  Outside of spot prices, the biggest spike was seen futures expiring March 18th<\/sup>.  Those rose by about $4.75.  Thus, one would have expected a 50-delta option with the same expiration to rise by about $2.32 (if implied volatilities remained constant \u2013 a difficult \u201cif\u201d).   Yet if one bought a call expiring in May, where the futures rose by about $2.12, that same delta call would have appreciated by about $1.06.  That\u2019s a nice return, but far less than that reaped by the buyer of the shorter-term option.  (Of course, if one had bought puts, the longer-term options would have suffered smaller losses.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is how I explained the situation to those who raised the question about seemingly subpar VIX option performances.  Hopefully that made sense of a somewhat unintuitive concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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