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Friday, October 30, 2009

Short term warning signs. VIX, see my comments earlier.



Last Friday the VIX popped 7% (smaller oval). Including Friday it’s now up almost 37% (larger oval) in four sessions

VIX - CBOE Vix index – With equity prices sadly wilting by noon on Friday, investors were threatening to completely reverse Thursday’s giddy 2% advance. Traders were despondent after a 0.5% drop in consumer spending last month, which soured the tone following Thursday’s stimulus-stuffed GDP gain. The fear-gauge expanded by 8% to 26.70 as a result and one large options player appears to have placed a trade suggesting that volatility will be omnipresent – at least through year-end.

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