VIX attempts to measure the expected 30 day volatility of the SPX by averaging the weighted prices of SPX puts and calls over a wide range of strike prices. Financial journalists…
We should remember that the rats, playing musical ships, had an alternate ship when the the music stopped playing. (We never met a mixed metaphor we didn't like.) We called…
This is not quite as extreme as it seems. It's an hourly chart, but it dramatizes the last two trading days. Extreme power bars -- daily moves of more than…
Here is a clear signal to short the bonds. We bought TBT (scaling in). We also bought the VXX as a volatility play. These are trades which could turn into…
