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Market Intro Econoday Economic Calendar CNBC: 10:45 AM EST All eyes are on the Fed as US equities ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) mark time near all-time highs. Spot VIX is at the low end of its two-week range, but with the right verbiage, can likely find plenty of reasons to spill off ...

Over the last three weeks , we have discussed the "sellable rally" in the markets. However, one of the more stunning movements in the market was in interest rates which have fallen sharply in recent months as "deflation" and "economic weakness" have become points of concern for the Federal Re...

When the market falls in the trap of wishful thinking History warns us about not confusing what is true versus what we wish to be true , as Ray Dalio identified in his book Principles. Yet wishful thinking - the attribution of reality to what one wants to believe - is one of the most co...

Market Intro CNBC: 12:50PM US stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) witnessed a decent rally heading into Thursday's close. Futures dropped off in the overnight session, but the indexes have held their own since the opening bell on Friday. Spot VIX is down modestly as we head into the we...

The cash VIX term structure is in my opinion one of the most useful, yet most overlooked aspects of the volatility complex. So often people want to focus on the VIX futures, and more specifically the level of contango or backwardation of the front two-month VIX futures (M1 & M2). I talk ab...

Sell in May and go away did not work this year, so far. May was an ugly month, but June has brought a powerful rally in the stock market. Last week, the E-Mini S&P 500 futures contract demonstrated how strong the price action in stocks has been. Source: CQG As the chart highlights, ...

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Market Intro CNBC: 10:57 AM EST Spot VIX is trading at the center of its one-week range (approximately 15.25-17.00), while stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM , ACWX ) try to sort out messages from the economy and progress on trade. Thoughts on Volatility A lot of assumptions go int...

I've introduced a few volatility metrics that people may find useful in their volatility ETP trading such as M1:M2 VIX futures contango and M4-M7 VIX futures contango . Feel free to review those at your leisure, but today I'm going to keep going and outline another very important metric...

The old market adage, “Sell in May and go away” would have worked for you this year. The SPDR S&P 500 ( SPY ) declined by 6.3% through the month of May. So how does June shape up then? Whether the market recovers its losses or completely collapses will have a lot to do with t...