How Low Will We Go (And How To Trade It)?
Hey Traders, The market continues to take it on the chin … Yet, even with yesterday’s sell-off, the VIX did NOT break 35 yesterday. We saw a bit of a pop today … but it is not “enough,” especially considering the current state of the S&P 500 (Ticker: SPX), which is notching new annual lows […]
Why Won’t the VIX Break Out?
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Green: Volatility is likely to go up or stay high. Hey Traders, The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light is green … And while the VIX is moderately higher … It has not really broken out the way we might expect. What is going on, and what should we […]
Yesterday’s Perplexing VIX Paper
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Green: Volatility is likely to go up or stay high. Hey Traders, Welp … the Option Pit VIX Traffic Light is still clearly green. It appears Wednesday was a head-fake, because Thursday was a bloodbath for stocks! The market got absolutely SMOKED on Thursday. As I stated earlier […]
These VIX Plays Could Pay
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Green: Volatility is likely to go up or stay high. Hey Traders, The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light is still green … But we could be in a yellow light sometime Thursday, and potentially red by Friday. Wednesday, we saw a massive bear market rally … not a […]
The Answer To The Fed? Trade The VIX!
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Green: Volatility is likely to go up or stay high Hey Traders, Wednesday is Fed Day. What has the effect of the FOMC been on the market? The answer is a mixed bag over the last few years… But over the last few months, while we have been […]
How Low Can We Go? (And How You Can Trade It!)
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Green: Volatility is likely to go up or stay high Hey Traders, Monday saw the market fluctuate wildly. At one point, the S&P 500 (Ticker: SPX) was down 70 points … And within minutes, the S&P 500 was moving toward unchanged … Before finally closing up 0.57%. Could […]
How High Could This VIX Go?
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Green: Volatility Will Likely Go Up. Hey Traders, If you were looking for a quiet start to the week … Well, I hope you didn’t get your hopes too high. As we look ahead to more earnings, and this week’s historic Federal Reserve meeting … The Option Pit […]
Why Isn’t VIX Higher?
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Yellow: Volatility Is Likely To Move Wildly Hey Traders, Here is a question for you … Why is the VIX so low? Now I know you might be thinking, “but … the VIX is 30 … isn’t that high?!” Yes and no. Remember the VIX is sensitive to […]
Vol Is Up, But VIX Options Are Cheap
The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Yellow: Volatility Is Likely To Move Wildly Hey Traders, The VIX shot higher on Tuesday to 33.52. The SPX dropped over 120 points. The Invesco QQQ Trust (Ticker: QQQ) sees 40% of its index report over the next three days … Between only 5 companies. This put the […]
A Market Rope-A-Dope
[kc_row use_container=”yes” _id=”636195″][kc_column width=”12/12″ video_mute=”no” _id=”140317″][kc_column_text _id=”702716″] The Option Pit VIX Traffic Light Is Yellow: Volatility Is Likely To Move. Hey Traders, It has been a rowdy few days on the market … Yesterday we watched stocks fall hard in the early hours of trading, only to reverse course and finish higher. It seems yesterday’s […]