{"id":186047,"date":"2023-03-03T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=186047"},"modified":"2023-03-03T12:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:48:21","slug":"sale-on-volatility-aisle-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/sale-on-volatility-aisle-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale on Volatility, Aisle 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It sometimes amazes me how quickly market mentality can shift.&nbsp; The latest evidence is in the recent quick drop in the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX).&nbsp;Just two days ago, VIX closed at 20.58.&nbsp; As I write this, VIX is 18.76.&nbsp; A two-point drop in VIX is hardly noteworthy in most cases, but when the change in sentiment results largely from major indices\u2019 ability to hold support at major moving averages, it seems tenuous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vix-3-months-daily-bars-red-green\"><strong><em>VIX, 3-Months, Daily Bars (red\/green)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"362\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Picture10.png\" alt=\"VIX, 3-Months, Daily Bars (red\/green)\" class=\"wp-image-186049 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Picture10.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Picture10-300x174.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/362;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Interactive Brokers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We see from the graph above that VIX has largely remained within a 18-24 trading range for this year-to-date.&nbsp; It\u2019s understandable why the current trading range is below the prior 20-26 range \u2013 we have been operating under a risk-on mindset since the calendar turned.&nbsp; It is also notable that the recent low is an outlier.&nbsp; That occurred on February 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, the day after the last FOMC meeting, when stocks rallied sharply on enthusiasm about disinflation.&nbsp; The enthusiasm was curbed by the next day\u2019s Payrolls report, of course, but two days of solid rallies based on a perceived change in Fed rhetoric was certainly a valid reason for investors to turn sanguine, if only temporarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday\u2019s rally occurred after Atlanta Fed President Bostic, said, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/feds-bostic-says-hes-firmly-in-quarter-point-rate-rise-camp-f28126d8#:~:text=Atlanta%20Federal%20Reserve%20President%20Raphael%20Bostic%20on%20Thursday,said%2C%20in%20a%20roundtable%20with%20reporters%20on%20Thursday.\">I\u2019m firmly in the quarter-point move camp.<\/a>\u201d&nbsp; Never mind that his comments did nothing to move expectations about the next FOMC meeting.&nbsp; The odds were about 75% for a quarter-point rise and 25% for a half-point rise before and after Bostic spoke.&nbsp; It was enough for traders who had been encouraged that major indices had not meaningfully broken support amidst lackluster selling.&nbsp; The graph below shows how the 50- and 200-day moving averages converge with a trendline that was established in October and January right around yesterdays\u2019 lows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>S&amp;P 500 (SPX) 6-Months Daily Bars (red\/green) with 200-Day Moving Average (yellow), 50-Day Moving Average (blue) and Trendline (white)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"362\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Picture9.png\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500 (SPX) 6-Months Daily Bars (red\/green) with 200-Day Moving Average (yellow), 50-Day Moving Average (blue) and Trendline (white)\" class=\"wp-image-186048 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Picture9.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Picture9-300x174.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/362;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Interactive Brokers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traders know that if selling doesn\u2019t work, you might as well try buying.&nbsp; Off we went yesterday, with follow-through today with no particular underlying reason for the upward move.&nbsp; Let\u2019s see if we get another late afternoon ramp fed by expiring calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be quite fair, it will take some work for major indices to meaningfully break down from current levels.&nbsp; Stocks are well supported, and it is clear that there are willing buyers on dips, particularly when those converge with key support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it is also important to remember what VIX measures.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cboe.com\/tradable_products\/vix\/\">According to the Cboe<\/a>, \u201cThe VIX Index is a calculation designed to produce a measure of constant, 30-day expected volatility of the U.S. stock market, derived from real-time, mid-quote prices of S&amp;P 500\u00ae Index (SPX\u2120) call and put options.\u201d&nbsp; Should we reasonably be expecting modest volatility over the next 30 days?&nbsp; Next week we have 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