XIV is inverse instrument to track VIX.  When VIX goes up you want VXX or UVXY  when vix goes down you want XIV, SVXY.  Currently I am long UVXY.  VIX is testing its 200 dma once again.  I have found that a close and hold above this generally leads to larger spike in VIX so not a good time to by XIV. 

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