This is the weekly chart of SPX and VIX that we used last year in NFTRH to plot a summer grind upward into what was
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If VIX Were a Stock…
If VIX were a stock I’d be saying look at that little potential bottoming pattern; look at the now green MACD & RSI, positive AROON
Oh, the World Did Not End Yesterday?
I’ve opened up this premium subscriber update posted yesterday as the market was dropping, the news cycle was ramming it home and the VIX was
‘M’ Top-Test Gaining Steam
Several weeks ago we introduced a scenario that could see an opposite situation to the 2015-2016 top (that wasn’t). For successful market management you need
VIX and the Stock Market From a Few Angles
The VIX is once again very depressed, along with the bears’ spirits. We have for much of 2018 been trying to figure out if the
Slow Boiling Bull Frogs
The following is part of the Market Sentiment segment of this week’s edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole, NFTRH 498. I’ve given it a
S&P 500 Progressing Nicely
Yup, I said I am short Semis and Tech, but I am much longer the market. Remember, I am not one of you fancy traders;
Serving Up One Micro Blip, Gold Pompoms Dealt With (correction added)
Well, to answer the closing thought in this morning’s post… So anyway, we’ve got a pretty good jump in the VIX and we will soon
Volatility: Was Yesterday Another Micro Blip?
We have had an ongoing theme in NFTRH tracking how the market periodically gets the jitters to just enough of a degree as to reset
Volatility Spike: Real or Memorex (again)?
So, is this just another spike that will refresh the bull or is it the start of the real thing? Here’s the weekly view. It
Risk On/Risk Off? The Equity Put/Call Ratio
In NFTRH 461 last weekend we reviewed plenty of reasons why the market would probably put on a bounce in the micro-term. Among the reasons
VIX Gap Filled
Well, it’s something for the bulls anyway. The gap down on whatever was pleasuring the market in mid-late April has now been closed and is
Stock Market Sentiment, Re-Fueled Along the Way
It’s a big picture view with a story to tell. People are micro-managing the VIX, talking about how it either doesn’t work anymore, if it
VIX Agrees With the ‘by March/April’ Rally Lifespan Theme
On Monday we noted that while the market was getting skittish and the VIX was up 17%, the VIX had done nothing, as far as