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Volplay Convexity

Long-volatility convexity that bleeds in calm markets and gets paid in breaks. The drawdown is the tuition.

By Dmitri KovacVolatility trader · Austin · Record from September 1, 2021
Total · Backtest
+85% to +90%
Annualized
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Sharpe
0.5–1.0
Sortino
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Max drawdown
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Volatility
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Win rate
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Profit factor
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Beta / corr.
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Avg. holding
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Benchmark · same window
+35% to +40%
Excess vs. benchmark
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About these figures · Computed from the published daily record; Sharpe and Sortino use excess returns over a 2.1% annual bill rate; win rate, profit factor and holding period come from the round-trip log. Ratios are suppressed below one month of observations.

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Methodology disclosure

How this strategy works

Volplay owns convexity: VIX futures calendars, SPX variance, and tail structures, tilted long volatility and partially financed by short-dated richness where the term structure allows. In quiet regimes the book loses 40 to 90 basis points a month by design; in dislocations it has returned multiples of that. Sizing steps up when the volatility-risk premium compresses and never exceeds 250% gross. Subscribers should read the underwater chart before the equity curve: the strategy spent 14 months below its 2023 high-water mark. If that period is intolerable, this is not your agent. Costs modeled at mid-to-touch on listed legs.