{"id":220705,"date":"2025-03-25T12:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=220705"},"modified":"2025-03-26T04:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T08:49:28","slug":"whos-feeling-confident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/whos-feeling-confident\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Feeling Confident?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Confidence is a fragile thing.&nbsp; It can be infectious \u2013 both positively and negatively \u2013 and it certainly affects our perceptions about the present and future.&nbsp; Despite the ever-increasing roles of algorithms and artificial intelligence in the investment process, emotions still play an important role in market behavior.&nbsp; Fear and greed still rule, and their constant tug-of-war has been on full display in both the market and the economy recently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After several weeks when fear was the overriding market sentiment, leading us to one of the fastest market corrections ever, greed continues to seek opportunities to rear its head.&nbsp; Yesterday was one of those days.&nbsp; Indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/options\/was-this-the-trump-put\/\">as we noted, <\/a>there were solid reasons for stocks to rally.&nbsp; Any signs of a lighter potential tariff burden should be welcomed by skittish investors, and we added that there were reasons to believe that the recent tariff commentary might have been a sign that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/options\/was-this-the-trump-put\/\">\u201cTrump Put\u201d was implemented<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet those don\u2019t explain the ferocity of the bounce in a stock like Tesla (TSLA).&nbsp; A rally, even a substantial one, would have been quite understandable.&nbsp; TSLA\u2019s 12% jump reflected something more than simply a broad market move.&nbsp; This was concentrated FOMO (Fear of Missing Out).&nbsp; As the stock fell in recent weeks, we continued to see substantial customer net buying activity.&nbsp; These were likely faithful investors who were buying the dip, even as the stock\u2019s plunge worsened.&nbsp; In the last week, however, we saw that net buying activity shrink dramatically.&nbsp; It is impossible to say whether traders\u2019 faith was shaken or their liquidity was impeded after buying on the way down (my ability to see customer data is VERY limited), but either way, once yesterday\u2019s rally had legs, it was obvious that buyers were leaping in, unwilling to miss the rally they\u2019d been awaiting for weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2023, we reminded readers of an important distinction about FOMO:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Remember, market movements hinge on the equilibrium between fear and greed.&nbsp; While the \u201cF\u201d in \u201cFOMO\u201d is fear, FOMO is actually a 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another reminder that consumer confidence is fading.&nbsp; The Conference Board\u2019s latest Consumer Confidence report was released this morning, and it showed another worrisome drop.&nbsp; The March reading was 92.9, below both the 94.0 consensus and the 100.1 prior reading (which was revised up from 98.9).&nbsp; This is the lowest reading since Covid, though it remains well above the lows seen during the global financial crisis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conference-board-consumer-confidence-monthly-data-since-1966-white-with-12-month-moving-average-magenta\"><strong><em>Conference Board Consumer Confidence, Monthly Data Since 1966 (white) with 12-Month Moving Average (magenta)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"620\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture2.jpg\" alt=\"Conference Board Consumer Confidence, 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of the drop is related to uncertainty about tariffs, and those are assumed to be easing, then there is justification to put aside today\u2019s report.&nbsp; But that is a bit of a parlay at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, we point to one other sign of increasing investor confidence.&nbsp; The demand for hedges, as evidenced by the level of the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) has declined to relatively normal historical levels.&nbsp; Yet correlations, as measured by the Cboe\u2019s COR1M index, remain elevated.&nbsp; We\u2019ve explained how the level of VIX is influenced by the correlations in the underlying S&amp;P 500 Index (SPX), and as the chart below shows, those correlations are quite high vs. VIX.&nbsp; Over the past year, COR1M levels were accompanied by VIX levels well above the current 17.49.&nbsp; It is indeed possible that the demand for volatility-based hedges has decreased because institutions have de-risked in other ways \u2013 moving to lower-beta stocks or raising cash \u2013 but this relationship indicates that traders might be more confident than they should be right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-year-vix-red-green-candles-cor1m-blue-line\"><strong><em>1-Year, VIX (red\/green candles), COR1M (blue line)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"586\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture1-16-1100x586.png\" alt=\"1-Year, VIX (red\/green candles), COR1M (blue line)\" class=\"wp-image-220708 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture1-16-1100x586.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture1-16-700x373.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Picture1-16-300x160.png 300w, 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