{"id":239205,"date":"2026-02-19T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=239205"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:03:32","slug":"the-vix-fix-shifts-shaping-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/the-vix-fix-shifts-shaping-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"The VIX Fix &#8211; Shifts Shaping Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scott Bauer discusses the drivers behind last week&#8217;s moves and the catalysts, data releases, and volatility shifts shaping the next five trading days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/pod-20260218-prosper.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jeff-praissman-nbsp\">Jeff Praissman &nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi everyone. This is Jeff Praissman at Interactive Brokers Podcast. It&#8217;s my pleasure to welcome back to the IBKR Podcast Studio Scott Bauer from Prosper Trading Academy. Hey, Scott, how are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-scott-bauer-nbsp\">Scott Bauer &nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am great. Happy to be in New York actually. How are you, Jeff?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jeff-praissman-nbsp-0\">Jeff Praissman &nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good, good. And always happy to have you out on the East coast. And you know, as we usually do on our Wednesday podcast, we kind of discuss the past week in the market, what&#8217;s ahead. 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But I find it really, puzzling almost in a way that we saw such a decline in the 10-year yield. We went from 4.30 down to 4%, like in a nanosecond it seemed like. Some may look at that as a really good thing. And some may say, well, if rates are coming down that quickly, is there something under the hood we need to be maybe a little bit more cautious about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jeff-praissman-nbsp-2\">Jeff Praissman &nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You mentioned AI earlier, Scott, what sectors what showed the strongest and weakest performances last week? And what, if any fundamental factors were driving these moves? 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