Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Financial Economist with over 20 years of investment experience across all asset classes. He has worked as a sell-side derivatives researcher and trader on one of London’s largest trading floors, and as a structurer and portfolio manager for the buy-side in Switzerland. As head of Quantitative Strategy at an Asian WealthTech company, Gaudi and his team designed over 50 distinct investment strategies for institutional clients in Australasia.

Gaudi’s analysis follows a scientific approach based on empirical research and quantitative evidence.

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Equity Derivatives

Nasdaq-100 Stock Index / Equity Derivatives

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Context: The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chicago-board-options-exchange-volatility-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31501:1" rel="noopener">VIX</a> / <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cboe-nasdaq-100-volatility-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:49404:1" rel="noopener">VXN</a> ratio has reached a two-sigma extreme, with Nasdaq-100 implied volatility trading at a historically wide premium to S&amp;P 500 volatility despite a rising market backdrop.</li>
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What the dislocation signals: The widening VXN premium points to materially higher uncertainty in the tech- and AI-heavy Nasdaq-100, with implications for hedging costs, relative valuation, and tech/AI risk premia.</li>
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Key event risk — SpaceX IPO: The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/space-exploration-technologies-corp-spacex" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33284:1" rel="noopener">SpaceX (SPCX)</a>   IPO, with potential <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nasdaq-100-stock-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26197:1" rel="noopener">Nasdaq-100 (NDX)</a> inclusion, could sustain or widen the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cboe-nasdaq-100-volatility-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:49404:1" rel="noopener">CBOE NASDAQ-100 Volatility (VXN)</a> premium.</li>
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Context: The VIX / VXN ratio has reached a two-sigma extreme, with Nasdaq-100 implied volatility trading at a historically wide premium to S&amp;P 500 volatility despite a rising market backdrop.

What the dislocation signals: The widening VXN premium points to materially higher uncertainty in the tech- and AI-heavy Nasdaq-100, with implications for hedging costs, relative valuation, and tech/AI risk premia.

Key event risk — SpaceX IPO: The SpaceX (SPCX)   IPO, with potential Nasdaq-100 (NDX) inclusion, could sustain or widen the CBOE NASDAQ-100 Volatility (VXN) premium.


Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX INDEX)

Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index

Cboe NASDAQ-100 Volatility Index (VXN INDEX)

Nasdaq-100 Vol Premium Hits Two-Sigma Extreme Vs VIX