VIX claws higher for a third day

With equities swiftly failing to hold opening gains, the VIX jumped (intra high 14.86), but with latter day equity strength, the VIX cooled, settling +0.9% @ 13.97. Near term outlook is for equity weakness to the sp'2090/80 zone, which should briefly equate to VIX 16s.



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VIX'daily3

Summary

*the third consecutive net daily gain for the VIX
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With most equity indexes close to historic highs, market volatility remains broadly subdued.

If sp'2090/80 in the coming day or two... a brief move to VIX 16s looks viable.

A sustained break above the key 20 threshold looks out of range for some weeks.

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more later... on the indexes