{"id":24499,"date":"2017-07-24T16:11:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T21:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24499"},"modified":"2017-07-24T16:11:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T21:11:28","slug":"a-mystery-investor-has-made-a-262-million-dollar-bet-that-the-stock-market-will-crash-by-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24499","title":{"rendered":"A Mystery Investor Has Made A 262 Million Dollar Bet That The Stock Market Will Crash By October"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-headline\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/a-mystery-investor-has-made-a-262-million-dollar-bet-that-the-stock-market-will-crash-by-october\">A Mystery Investor Has Made A 262 Million Dollar Bet That The Stock Market Will Crash By October<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bodycopy clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/a-mystery-investor-has-made-a-262-million-dollar-bet-that-the-stock-market-will-crash-by-october\/puzzle-public-domain\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12633\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12633\" src=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Puzzle-Public-Domain-460x242.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Puzzle-Public-Domain-460x242.jpg 460w, http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Puzzle-Public-Domain-300x158.jpg 300w, http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Puzzle-Public-Domain-768x404.jpg 768w, http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Puzzle-Public-Domain-425x224.jpg 425w, http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Puzzle-Public-Domain-400x210.jpg 400w, http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Puzzle-Public-Domain.jpg 960w\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a>One mystery trader has made an extremely large bet that the stock market is going to crash by October, and if he is right he could potentially make up to 262 million dollars on the deal.\u00a0 Fortunes were made and lost during the great financial crisis of 2008, and the same thing will happen again the next time we see a major stock market crash.\u00a0 But will that stock market crash take place before 2017 is over?\u00a0 Without a doubt, we are in the midst of one of the largest stock market bubbles <a title=\"in U.S. history\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/our-disneyland-economy\">in U.S. history<\/a>, and many prominent investors are <a title=\"loudly warning\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/5-highly-respected-financial-experts-that-are-warning-that-a-market-crash-is-imminent\">loudly warning<\/a> of an imminent stock market collapse.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t take a genius to see that this stock market bubble is going to end very badly just like all of the other stock market bubbles throughout history have, but if you could know the precise timing that it will end you could set yourself up financially for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n<p>I want to be very clear about the fact that I do not know what will or will not happen by the end of October.\u00a0 But one mystery investor is extremely convinced that market volatility is going to increase over the next few months, and if he is correct he will make an astounding amount of money.\u00a0 According to <a title=\"Business Insider\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/vix-mystery-trader-massive-bet-stock-market-volatility-2017-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>, the following is how the trade was set up\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To fund it, the investor sold 262,000 VIX puts expiring in October, with a strike price of 12.<\/li>\n<li>The trader then used those proceeds to buy a VIX 1\u00d72 call spread, which involves buying 262,000 October contracts with a strike price of 15 and selling 524,000 October contracts with a strike price of 25.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Mystery Investor Has Made A 262 Million Dollar Bet That The Stock Market Will Crash By October\u00a0 One mystery trader has made an extremely large bet that the stock market is going to crash by October, and if he is right he could potentially make up to 262 million dollars on the deal.\u00a0 Fortunes 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