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Big Moves In The VXX and VIX Over The Past Two Weeks Since the lows that were struck in late April, we have seen a sharp rise in both the CBOE VIX Index as well as the VIX Futures and the Volatility ETFs which are derivatives of those futures products. The VIX index saw a move up of close ...

The memories of the stock market correction that took place during the fourth quarter of 2018 had just about faded into the market's rearview mirror as the indices reached new all-time highs in late April. It took four months for the stock market to make back all of its losses, and the price a...

Lopsided Selloff On Monday Monday brought the first day in 2019 that featured extremely lopsided volume figures. Over 90% of NYSE ( VTI ) volume was associated with declining issues. We know a 5% correction falls into the normal and to be expected category. How concerning is a 90% down d...

For all us volatility traders, checking the VIX futures term structure is something we all do several times a day. A solid source for the information is vixcentral.com, and one of the many useful metrics we're looking for there is the level of M1:M2 VIX futures contango/backwardation. (I wrote...

Last week’s minor adjustment to the value of the stock market has in my estimation incorporated just a small probability of a messier trade war. Fully pricing in risk for a full-scale trade war, including less predictable countermeasures from China, would likely be much costlier to stoc...

I want to thank the readers who offered comments to my earlier article ; I’ve enjoyed the exchange of views. In that article I described a model that translates changes in the shape of the VIX futures curve into market-timing decisions and I explained why I sold on the opening May 7 th...

By OpenMarkets Jack Bouroudjian looks at the psychology of a market with extreme volatility. He highlights how, in futures markets, micro contracts could help manage some of the risk. Editor’s Note: The summary bullets for this article were chosen by Seeking Alpha Rea...

Market Intro CNBC: 2:41PM EST Sector SPDRs US stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) are giving back the victory lap from last Friday's massive rebound, as averages head lower (about 3% on the S&P earlier in the session). Spot VIX got a healthy dose of revenge after the into-the-w...

We didn't know what we thought we knew. As far as market participants understood it, a Sino-US trade pact was a done deal. Last year's escalations gave way to a steady stream of recycled headlines about "progress" in 2019. Talks are always "constructive", according to Steve Mnuchin. China i...

Market Intro CNBC: Fri 3:01PM EST US stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) endured a roller coaster day of trade on Friday as we approach the close. Spot VIX is down nearly 13% on the day. Trade tariffs were set in place as of midnight on Friday, causing a tumultuous dip in the early ses...