For those who didn’t get the joke professor Derman wrote the book lol. I’m a fan of his work including the pieces he has on Var swaps.
For those asking for vol reading material, I would highly suggest you guys follow him and check out his work
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Replying to @Ksidiii @EmanuelDerman
Kris, do retail traders have any access to volatility or variance swaps? or are delta hedged straddles/strangles more or less the only tool available for pure vol plays?
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Replying to @Gingfacekillah @EmanuelDerman
Yeah not available for retail fortunately and unfortunately
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I would simply create the exposure synthetically by shorting an option strip in inverse proportion to their squared strikes
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Replying to @macrocephalopod @Ksidiii and
Broke: shorting options
Woke: shorting out of the money put options
Bespoke: shorting a basket crafted to give you maximum downside exposure in the case of a vol blowup 
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