With US equities building gains across the day, the VIX was in classic cooling mode, settling -8.6% @ 15.42. Near term outlook is for Friday gains to sp'2075/80.. and that will probably equate to VIX in the mid/low 14s. There is the threat of VIX exploding upward after the next FOMC.
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Suffice to say... VIX looks set for the 14s... but next week, if Yellen upsets the market... then VIX will break and hold the 17s... and then its a case of whether the next equity down wave goes to sp'2000.. .or 1940. If the latter.. then VIX in 25/30 zone is briefly viable.
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more later... on the indexes