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Scott Maidel retweeted
@NoelSmith and I joined @maxwiethe on the latest episode of Other People's Money to discuss structural flows, dispersion beneath the index, Treasury funding pressure, and how we think about expressing risk through options as the market’s regime evolves.
Be sure to give @NoelSmith a follow to keep updated on upcoming Kai Asset Management news and research and check out the episode by following the link below. 👇
youtu.be/VUIv4gAsYqA?si=l5EY…
Scott Maidel retweeted
I’m thrilled to announce that Kai Asset Management is launching two new funds run by two great additions to our team: @NoelSmith and Scott Maidel (@volatility911). This is part of our belief that, following last week’s midterm elections, U.S. markets will be volatile in the next two years. We got a taste of that last week.
Thanks to Bloomberg’s @BernardGoyder for covering the story.
Read more in our press release: kai-am.com/media
Scott Maidel retweeted
My pleasure speaking with @maxwiethe and @jam_croissant about the macro and micro. How the market works from a mechanical basis and what is behind the moves.
I spoke with @jam_croissant and @NoelSmith last Friday afternoon about near term crash risk. These were my major takeaways:
1) Neither saw a crash this week as very likely and said it would need to materialize early in the week.
2) There is a lot of hedged positioning between now and year end from $NVDA earnings, Nov Opex, December FOMC, and Dec Opex. It will be hard to crash until that is cleared out.
3) Populist politics are bipartisan and here to stay. This will drive inflation and higher interest rates.
4) We can not afford these higher interest rates. @jam_croissant believes a Treasury crisis is brewing, that it will kickoff in H1 2027, and that it will be met with QE.
5) The secularly higher rate environment they envision is is very good for the value factor and they expect it to outperform growth.
They also announced their recent partnership and collaboration at Kai Asset Management: kai-am.com/team
Check out the full interview and subscribe to @opmpod:
Youtube: bit.ly/4AeMCwy
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Spotify: bit.ly/4sN1cIY
Scott Maidel retweeted
I spoke with @jam_croissant and @NoelSmith last Friday afternoon about near term crash risk. These were my major takeaways:
1) Neither saw a crash this week as very likely and said it would need to materialize early in the week.
2) There is a lot of hedged positioning between now and year end from $NVDA earnings, Nov Opex, December FOMC, and Dec Opex. It will be hard to crash until that is cleared out.
3) Populist politics are bipartisan and here to stay. This will drive inflation and higher interest rates.
4) We can not afford these higher interest rates. @jam_croissant believes a Treasury crisis is brewing, that it will kickoff in H1 2027, and that it will be met with QE.
5) The secularly higher rate environment they envision is is very good for the value factor and they expect it to outperform growth.
They also announced their recent partnership and collaboration at Kai Asset Management: kai-am.com/team
Check out the full interview and subscribe to @opmpod:
Youtube: bit.ly/4AeMCwy
Apple: bit.ly/4eu59fP
Spotify: bit.ly/4sN1cIY
Scott Maidel retweeted
Noel's instincts are off the charts here, I remember in summer 2022 his "crash unlikely" call on my old show was terrific
Excited to hear his episode w/ @maxwiethe & @jam_croissant soon
podcasts.apple.com/my/podcas…
How much does correlation move when we have moves like last week? This is part of why my "gut" was saying that we bounce when I was talking with @jam_croissant and @maxwiethe
Scott Maidel retweeted
Thanks @adamtaggart for speaking with me and @jam_croissant. I thought it was a good interview, and we explain how we're approaching things differently. youtu.be/VMi5kby6YFA?si=nC_5…
Scott Maidel retweeted
@Cboe is adding more trading hours for some options, here I'm quoted by @OJRenick of @CNBC cnbc.com/2026/10/15/cboe-sto…
Scott Maidel retweeted
I'll likely trade all of this; Pipeline, vol/macro view:
Kalshi
- CPI & core CPI futures (Dec, per Bloomberg)
- S&P DJI: official SPX/DJIA contracts
- WTI oil perp (pending CFTC)
- Margin on event contracts (pending)
CME
- H100/B200 compute futures (pending CFTC)
Still missing: a VIX contract.
Scott Maidel retweeted
What sensible forward thinking cutting edge leading nation is having a DEBATE on whether or not there should be VOTER ID?!?!!!! Like?!?!? They’re actually fighting NOT to have ppl present ID while voting for your leaders!!!!! Do you get it?!?!!!! Do you get it now?!?!!!
Scott Maidel retweeted
Check it out:
Don’t miss tomorrow’s KIS at 4:30 PM ET when @profplum99 and @ConvexityMaven unpack asymmetry with @noelsmith of Convex Asset Management. Link in the reply.
Scott Maidel retweeted
Welcome to Kunal Mehta and Wahid Khosrawi who will be championing QVR's crypto derivatives business. Kunal worked for me 12 years ago at Mariner Coria slinging variance swaps!
Scott Maidel retweeted
Generally look for highly experienced (10+ years), strong quantitative skills (though not generally purely systematic strategies), nice creative thoughtful people who work well in a team, absolutely no fidouchiaries
Scott Maidel retweeted
Just in case you've forgotten, QVR is hiring derivatives portfolio managers. We love equity derivatives, rates derivatives, FX derivatives commodity derivatives, crypto derivatives, you're all beautiful and special butterflies, come work with us 🖤
