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SPX Update 2018 08 06
Last update we gave you this chart, identifying significant technical supports, resistances, and levels. Here is the current view of the same chart. The market has lifted, remaining within the two orange dashed highlighted technicals. No significant changes or moves occurred, this chart remains valid and we continue to watch it. Note the addition of […]
VIX BACK TO 13 & BREAKS BELOW KEY 200 DMA TECHNICAL SUPPORT
VIX BACK TO 13 & BREAKS BELOW KEY 200 DMA TECHNICAL SUPPORT — SOURCE: 05-10-18 ZeroHedge – “VIX Breaks Below Key Technical Support” — Despite the world’s elites decrying President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal – fearful of the kind of Middle East instability already witnessed last night between Israel and […]
PATTERNS: ALL MAJOR INDICES TESTING POST-2016 TRENDLINE SUPPORT
PATTERNS: ALL MAJOR INDICES TESTING POST-2016 TRENDLINE SUPPORT
SPX Update 2018 03 26
Last update (2017 10 17) we noted a large expanding wedge pattern bounding the markets lift since 2009 and the increasing potential for extreme volatility. The S&P has since lifted significantly, slightly breaking up through the wedge patterns resistance and touching the next Fibonacci level. After a quick run to new highs the market has […]
IN DEPTH: TRANSCRIPTION – REPRICING OF RISK BEGINS
IN DEPTH: TRANSCRIPTION – REPRICING OF RISK BEGINS COVER AGENDA SLIDE 5 We started warning of the huge problems we saw with volatility as measured by the VIX as part of our October LONGWave video entitled “Powering the ‘ETF Dynamo'”. To us, the once “cottage industry” of shorting the VIX was becoming so pronounced […]
UNDERSTANDING THE NEW $2 TRILLION ASSET CLASS CALLED “vol” (VOLATILITY)
UNDERSTANDING THE NEW $2 TRILLION ASSET CLASS CALLED “vol” (VOLATILITY) MONETARY MALPRACTICE I put this schematic together not long after the 2008 Financial Crisis as we were witnessing the emerging approach the Federal Reserve was taking to its resolution. The last update of the diagram was in 2012 (note the 2012 copyright at the bottom) […]
“SELLING VOLATILITY”- VIX SHIFTS FROM A FEAR INDEX TO A GREED INDEX
“SELLING VOLATILITY”- VIX SHIFTS FROM A FEAR INDEX TO A GREED INDEX –SOURCE: 11-29-17 Peter Tchir, Forbes.com, – “VIX – From Fear Index To Greed Index” — We have all heard the VIX or volatility index referred to as the Fear Index or Fear Gauge. Rising VIX was meant to signal fear in the markets. That is how most […]
WHAT THE CAPE/VIX RELATIONSHIP TELLS US IS LOOMING AHEAD
WHAT THE CAPE/VIX RELATIONSHIP TELLS US IS LOOMING AHEAD We were in the process of writing about the technical pattern in the VIX when we came across some research by Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific Capital illustrating the historical correlation of the CAPE/VIX Ratio to US Recessions go back to 1990. We have been warning about a […]