Presented with little comment aside to note, amid a quiet day with non-equity markets showing extremely volatile movements, it was decided by a great majority that (following 90 minutes of momentum ignition efforts [2]) all protection should be lifted and VIX was smashed to its lowest level in a month...
this was going on right before... algos running the show to try and build the momentum... [2] just keep pushing and reversing to take out stops...
[3]
then this...
'Normal'
[4]
'Natural'
[5]
'Nothing unusual here at all'
[6]
Charts: Bloomberg