VIX and More

It has been almost a month since I posted my last set of links, so I am going to bend the rules a little to incorporate posts of note from ...

During all the excitement of the past week, quite a few indicators printed extreme readings. One that was all over the press was the surge...

On the off chance that there are readers out there who have not bothered to read Bernie Schaeffer’s market commentary because it requires a ...

In the wake of the February 27th spike in volatility, I recommend going long the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) , now know as CME Group ...

While the SPX, DJIA and NASDAQ Composite all feel somewhere in the 4.0 - 4.7% range during the past week, Portfolio A1 plummeted 9.2%, dragg...

Thanks to an unusual 1.20 surge from 4:00 – 4:15, the VIX managed to spike all the way up to a 24.17 close on Friday, ending the week up 7....

For those who may not be aware of it, the VIX trades from 9:30 to 4: 15 ET, with that additional 15 minutes following the close of regular ...

When I started this blog, back in January of this year, it was widely accepted that volatility had died, crushed by the weight of an ocean o...

Back on February 27th, I posted about what typically happens following a 20% and 30% VIX spike. At a high of 23.37, the VIX was recently up...

In panic there is always the greatest opportunity. I am long equities and short the VIX, as we are at VWSI -10.

It the VIX jumps up to that level, it might signal a capitulation of sorts. For what it's worth, I am starting to get short the VIX as i...

About two months ago , I talked about three different buy-write products (two closed-end funds and an exchange-traded note or ETN) which are...

Time to buy equities...

Thanks in part to a strong earnings report from Amazon (AMZN) , the VIX dropped back to 18.55 by the time of its 4:15 ET close, down from a...

First there was the VWSI, now it seems like I am going to try to get ESPA ( Earnings Spike Potential Algorithm ) off the ground. This imme...