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I have been – – try to guess – -that's right! Updating stops! And in doing so, I've also been beefing up my 48 put positions in my personal account (see watch list on right column: Puts: Bearish). The low VIX is encouraging me to amplify some of these positions, as I don't think we're going to see a sub-30 VIX for at least another year (e.g. we're relatively "cheap" on the VIX side right now).