Trading volatility 
                                                                                                                    Trading strategies based on the VIX term 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Oskar Fransson, Henrik Mark Almqvist 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Department of Business Administration 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        International Business Program 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Bachelor Thesis, 15 Credits, Spring 2020 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Supervisor: Irina Alexeyeva 
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                    Acknowledgement 
                          
         
        We would like to thank our supervisor Irina Alexeyeva for her support and feedback 
        throughout the process of writing this thesis. 
         
        Umeå University, May 2020 
         
        Henrik Mark-Almqvist  
        Oskar Fransson  
         
         
         
                     
                                            
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