Bears will need to seek a VIX of 20 next week just to begin any kind of major move higher.
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A fair few traders will be bemused at the weakness in the VIX today, I myself was one of them. Yet, we've seen this kind of thing before, where the VIX lags declining indexes for a few days, only to snap 20/25% higher 'sooner or later'.
As noted, any bear out there should be seeking a move to VIX '20 no later than next Wednesday. That should in itself open the door to the first attempt for VIX 24/25 by the end of next week.
The longer term VIX weekly cycle is still suggestive - at least from a price/wave perspective, of a move into the 30s/40s within the next month or so. Yet, we'll need to see a good weekly close over the weekly 10MA - currently 20.72, to confirm any such bearish outlook.
A VIX '21 by the close of next week, if SP can close under the broad up trend channel of 1340, looks viable.