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Traders Pile Into Bets on VIX Soaring to 50 as Fed Risks Mount
Traders are making big bets on stock market turbulence as the S&P 500 Index retreats from its record high and investors wonder when, not if, the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates.
BNN BloombergJan 31 19:33 ET
Calm Before the Storm? Depressed VIX Might Be Awakened in August
Since June, the VIX index has been hovering at lower levels, indicating unruffled market confidence. Some concerns are emerging that the present phase of market stability could be a harbinger of more tumultuous times, often referred to as "the calm before the storm.
Moomoo News GlobalAug 8, 2023 09:00 ET · Markets
Options Market Statistics (2/13): Traders Brace for a Blowup as Cost of Protection for US Stocks
U.S. stock futures crept higher, as investors awaited inflation data due later this week that will feed into their assessments of where monetary policy is headed.
Options NewsmanFeb 13, 2023 09:40 ET · Headlines
Giant VIX options trades bet that stock-market calm won't last
As calm descends on a U.S. stock market that's posting one record after the next, it appears that one options trader is making a big bet that the serenity is not going to last.
Apr 9, 2021 04:51 ET
Market Recap: Nobody is necessarily running for the door
VVIX which is the volatility of the volatility index got cracked above 100 today, what is indicative of this?
moomooDec 9, 2019 18:21 ET
BelleWeather :
Bull markets tend to last a long time compared to bear, and the interim has only gotten longer in recent decades. I’ve just started trading (was buy and hold only until a friend was successfully swing trading my picks, so I joined in, practicing with crypto, and playing options leading up to earnings, and turned it into a game of making the number go up .) But I think this is a failing of TA - it isn’t meaningful in this context. I am learning that it is very much so moment to moment for entry & exit points, though! There are many reasons that the bull will continue, only fears that it won’t. This is the fun part, I intend to enjoy it.
(And looking back, market PE isn’t so high compared to that over the past 5-7 years.
All Also Taken BelleWeather: swing trading is fun but you don't make much money with it compared to the risk to have to take, and the work you have to do :)
BelleWeather All Also Taken: Yes, I actually stopped doing so in crypto when I analyzed and saw how much upside I missed! And it’s a lot of work, true! It helps me to follow along with people who explain things here and in other forums. Helps me guide my thoughts, etc. But mostly I look at volume, liquidity and trend - maybe support and resistance to optimize entry or exit when reallocating capital. And that’s how I swing trade, too, now - use some TA, preferably someone’s I trust more than my own, hahaha, to make changes to a portfolio while preserving the maximum capital. But the sad truth is, I might simply be better off not trading at all. In crypto for certain, I did well, but would have hit all targets had I not missed 250% of gains by swapping tokens and coins. Since I don’t have infinite capital, and am prone to so many mistakes, trading stocks is more a side effect than the plan. Options, I think, are the happy medium, if used as a tool, not a gamble (though I’ve done that too, haha.) They allow shorter time frames and are less subject to certain errors and battling algorithms; the Greeks are fun, too.
Waynewx : What you said is obvious, the hard part is being able to profit when it happens.
SpyderCallOP Waynewx: Timing is the hardest part. And it's everything. After a rally like this, I think the correction will eventually be noticeable enough for everyone to get a piece. Even if it is just a little piece.
Ultratech : too bad this will keep climbing...after a correction it probably rips immediately anyway o noo
SpyderCallOP Ultratech: That has been the pattern for a while now. Just buy the dips until an official downtrend starts.
Ultratech SpyderCallOP: holding forever son...
Sianzsation : The rhymes participate don’t anticipate!
SpyderCallOP Sianzsation: makes it easy to remember.
73475104 : agreed
mypulse : Russell 2000 still seemed stucked, so market has not broadened... This rally is weird.
Kevin Matte : a lot of people that I follow on the internet (mostly youtubers) say that from April/May/June there will be a crash in the market until 2025, of the order of -30 to -75%... A lot start to prepare for it. Personally, I don't believe there will be a "big crash" but rather a correction, and maybe not ^^
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