With equities back on the slide, the VIX held gains across the day, settling +9.1% @ 28.43. Near term outlook is for an equity retrace to the 1945/30 zone.. which should equate to VIX around 35. From there, renewed cooling to the 20 threshold by the FOMC of Sept'17th.
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Summary
Little to add.
VIX looks set for near term upside.. then cooling into mid Sept', before the next volatility explosion into end month/early Oct'.
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more later... on the indexes