Top Posts of 2013

Every year I tabulate the most-read posts in this space as a way to monitor the issues that are resonating with readers and also to see how these issues evolve over time. These most-read posts also serve as easily accessible repositories of high-quality material for the benefit of new readers and long-term readers alike.

The top themes from 2013 echo some top themes that resonated with readers from previous years, including continued interest in VIX spikes and SPX pullbacks, as well as the VIX ETPs, low volatility ETPs, the Fed, interest rates and various global flash points, such as emerging markets.

The posts below represent those that have been read by the highest number of unique readers during 2013. Farther down there are links to similar lists going back to 2008, along with several other “best of” type posts that I have flagged for archival purposes.

For the record, each year I also attach the hall of fame label to a handful of posts that I believe have particularly compelling and/or original content, regardless of readership. I find it interesting that ten posts from 2013 made it into the hall of fame – a record for any single year. Part of the reason for this is that while my total number of posts for 2013 was low, I favored quality and more in-depth analysis than pithy commentary, most of which I have migrated to my Twitter handle feed, @VIXandMore

The most-read posts on VIX and More in 2013 were:

• The Low Volatility Story in Pictures
• VIX ETP Performance in 2012
• Four Years of SPX Pullbacks in One Plot
• A History of VIX During Recent Debt Ceiling and Sequestration Battles
• All-Time VIX Spike #11 (and a treasure trove of VIX spike data)
• The VIX and the Pre-FOMC + Post-FOMC Trades
• The Currency Carry Trade, DBV and Risk
• VIX Futures Margin Requirements to Increase After Today’s Close
• Lowest VIX Close Since Day Before Biggest VIX Spike Ever
• Revisiting the VIX:VXV Ratio
• The Inverted Percentile VIX
• The VIX, Interpolation and the Roll
• Record VIX Options Volume and Large Purchases of VIX Calls
• Updated SPX Pullback Summary Table for SPX 1485
• ISEE Equities Only Index Prints Something Not Seen Since March 6, 2009
• Charting the Recent Decline of BRIC Components
• The Fed, QE, the Economy and Goldilocks 2.0
• Beyond SPLV: The Expanding Universe of Low Volatility ETPs
• VIX and SPX During 1994 Interest Rate Hike Cycle
• The Year in VIX and Volatility 2012
• The Options and Volatility ETPs Landscape
• VXEEM as a Measure of Emerging Markets Volatility and Risk
• SPX Pullback Table: The Fall From 1709
• Event Risk, Theta and Next Week
• The New VXST and the VXST:VIX Ratio

Related posts:

• Top Posts of 2012
• Top Posts of 2011
• Top Posts of 2010
• Top Posts of 2009
• Top Posts of 2008
• One Year Blogiversary! (includes top 25 posts of 2007)
• The 1000^th Post
• Five Years of VIX and More
• The Post of the Month: An Informal History of VIX and More
• The VIX and More Hall of Fame

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