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Introducing Options Windows®

The Most Intuitive Visualization of Option Prices

Deconstruct Skew®

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Introducing VOLQ

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The Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index

The Nations VolDex Methodology
Applied to the Most Dynamic Stocks
in the American Stock Market

Who We Are

Nations® Indexes is the World’s Leading Independent Developer of Volatility and Option-Enhanced Indexes

Our next generation strategies were created by option professionals to be superior investment vehicles for real, long-term investors. By taking the conflicting needs of option exchanges out of the equation, Nations® can provide superior solutions.

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VolDex® Methodology

Intro

Intro

We're proud to power the NASDAQ-100 Volatility Index (VOLQ) with our VolDex methodology
Nations® Indexes is the World’s Leading Independent Developer of Volatility and Option-Enhanced Indexes Options can provide a significant expansion of the patterns of portfolio returns – these patterns are superior to existing strategies. Nations creates these strategies and NationsShares, our ETF arm, will bring them to investors around the globe.
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Papers

Papers

Why the Nations Indexes Suite of Volatility Indexes is Superior to VIX Nations VolDex measures implied volatility the way practitioners consider it – by focusing on at-the-money options. Volatility indexes which use a wide swath of options conflate the issues of volatility and skew. Nations Indexes has released a new fact sheet detailing the problems inherent in a measure that uses a wide swath of strike prices.
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Data

Data

Download historical data for VOLQ and the entire roster of Nations Technology Volatility Indexes
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Press Release

Press Releasee

The Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index, ticker symbol VOLQ, offers unique insight into the most exciting equity index, the Nasdaq-100. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange recently launched futures on VOLQ.
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What We Do

Nations Indexes create volatility indexes that express important elements of major option markets. By deconstructing option skew we help investors and traders make better decisions. We also create option strategy indexes that generate superior absolute and/or risk-adjusted returns

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Compliance

All Nations Indexes comply with the international organization of securities commissions (IOSCO) principles for financial benchmarks

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