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On Tuesday, Steven Place wrote a must read piece on the change in character in the $VIX during this market sell off which began in early May. Given the continued decline in equities ($SPY) teamed with the inability of the $VIX to spike or break out, I hit Steven on Skype for an update…
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The $SPX has doubled twice in ten years. From 10/02 to 10/07, the index doubled from 768 to 1576. From 03/09 to 02/11, the index doubled again from 666 to 1344. Still the $SPX is flat over the the past 12 years.
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For months I have been discussing on Market Shrinkology and messaging on StockTwits about the high level of sentiment volaitility and how it is a critical compnent of the landscape across equity, options and commodities markets. It is the reason why Steven Place’s blog post this morning on the coming vol break on $BIDU…