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Is This Why VIX Is On The Rise Today?
After record-breaking compression and six consecutive drops in VIX (along with a morning full of further compression) spot VIX is bleeding higher now. Having caught 'down' to stocks' ebullience yesterday, it appears the hedgers are either covered or rolled further out but there is another reason perhaps (aside from the absolute cheapness of protection). Quantitatively, the implied volatility of the S&P 500 is now below its recent realized volatility (this difference is really a better indication of how fearful or fearless investors are) - and on each of the previous three occasions that has occurred in the last year, VIX has risen notably relative to realized in the next few days.
VIX and Stocks recoupled last night...
S&P 500 implied vol is below its short-term realized vol (upper pane - red ovals). This has tended to be a great vol-buying (gamma/vega scalp) opportunity in the past year (lower pane) and perhaps became just too good to be true for the options traders.
Charts: Bloomberg
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ill be buying at vix 11.98..will hit it next monday or tues..
"This has tended to be a great vol-buying (gamma/vega scalp) opportunity in the past year"
I hope so; I'm in and adding.
you dont need fucken protection in this govermant market
uhm..uless for funn
Great. Again, just BTFD. Gonna have a break-out-and-up day! Just wait till 3:00...
VIX is in major contango, only one place for those ETF's to go and its down.
What about the RUT? A joke. They just keep levitating it.
Worried about VIX on the rise? Gimme a break! Down in the 13's - VIX is lower than whale shit on the bottom of the ocean!
There will some day be reversion to the mean. That means that VIX will overshoot to the upside. Until then, stay out of this fake market. Volume today sucks anyways.
VIX sees zero before it sees 80.
Charts, bitchez!