MOVE/VXTLT Correlation

2021년 3월 11일

Many know of the VIX for equity trading. Yet, many are unaware that there is the same kind of volatility measure for trading bonds, called the MOVE Index.

"The Merrill Lynch Option Volatility Estimate (MOVE) Index is a yield curve weighted index of the normalized implied volatility on 1-month Treasury options which are weighted on the 2, 5, 10, and 30 year contracts."

With this script one can see the the correlation and divergences between bonds and its volatility measure to make educated decisions in trading or hedging.

The idea of this script comes from NicTheMajestic.