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What Does VIX Know That Stocks Don't?
Even before Fed's Williams poured cold water on un-taper hopes, it seems new highs in US stocks were being aggressively protected in the options markets. Today the divergence between an exuberant stock market and a defensive options market (VIX) is getting extreme... With the S&P and Russell having achieved their technical goal of 'unchanged' year-to-date, it appears the BTFATH'ers have left the building for a moment.
Since the US open, USDJPY and US stocks have seen their 'beta' explode and somewhat decouple...
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trees dont grow to the skies even in a ponzi cloud
The VIX "knows" WE'RE FUCKED!
looks like the vix and the usd are tracking one another since early feb
Whoever sold those $1.8 million in February VIX options at $22 is looking pretty smart right about now...
Protection .... Lol. When this thing vaporizes there will be no protection, and there will be no escape.
just wish it would vaporize soon...its been a slow motion train wreck for years.
I think the market only goes green when a banker dies.
Optimist.
Vix knows S&P500 cash just closed the 1/23/14 gap lower. Time to roll over.
LOL! In a fully manipulated, centrally-planned, "market", the answer is nothing...
It knows nothing, fell into that rap tooooooooooooooo many times. Nothing matters but the Fed.
Did you mature from Robotrader to Robotrader's Mom to "the worst trader" ? The avatar gives it away.
VIX knows what Soros knows.
the only thing that could give the soros trade the kiss of death is if GARTMIN agrees with him...last i heard gartmin is bullish..to me that means crash in next 5 days.