Tag: volatility
October Stock Market Volatility In 9 Charts
I was quoted by my friend Anora Mahmudova of MarketWatch recently in this article about how October gets a bad wrap as a bearish...
Chart Spotlight: Top Signals Across The Volatility Space
In this chart spotlight, I want to share a tactical trading idea of mine: shorting select volatility ETFs and indexes. Patience is always the...
Top Trading Links: Tis The Season For Market Volatility
It’s Volatility season. All of a sudden the Dow Jones Industrials are below the 200 day moving average. Instability and uncertainty is emerging across...
Welcome To July: When The VIX Comes To Life
Welcome to July, the month that has seen the highest average VIX return out of the entire year. Honestly, I first noticed this last...
Is Suppressed Market Volatility Ready To Move Higher?
The saga continues, as the Volatility Index (VIX) continues to get sold off around 15. This is an interesting development to monitor in the...
Market Volatility: The First Quarter By The Numbers
With the first quarter nearly in the books, we have successfully logged 60 trading days so far this year and some might say that...
Options and Volatility Outlook For March 10, 2015
Around this time last week, the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500 were near all time highs and looked like they might push even higher. ...
Higher VIX: How Concerned Should Investors Be?
VIX Moving Averages Are Pushing Higher
In the weekly chart of the VIX “Fear Index” below, notice how the moving averages have been climbing higher...
S&P 500 Update: What’s The VIX Telling Investors Now?
During my typical S&P 500 update, I tend to focus on technical support and resistance levels to watch. But rather than focusing on key...
Poking The Bear: Is This S&P 500 Pullback Different? (Video)
Over the past 2 years, market corrections have been driven to the point of extinction; but last week's -3% S&P 500 performance has dared...
