VIX climbs into the close

With equities closing moderately weak, the VIX battled upward into the close, settling +4.6% @ 16.47. There will be increasing resistance in the 17/18s... sustained action above the key 20 threshold looks unlikely in the near term.


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Summary

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more later... on the indexes