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Volatility troubling to those who don't remember pre-QE markets

Oct. 10, 2014 7:32 AM ETVXX, VXZ, XXVFF, VIXY, VIXM, CVOL, XIV, VIIZ, VIIXF, TVIZ, XVIX, XVZ, IVOP, UVXY, SVXY, TVIXF, ZIVZFBy: Stephen Alpher, SA News Editor4 Comments
  • Three days of S&P 500 price swings exceeding 1.5% have sent the Volatility Index higher by 21% since October 6 to 18.8, a level not seen since February. It's got the technicians talking, and one says if this level of VIX resistance doesn't hold, the index is headed to 21, suggesting downside of another couple hundred S&P points (roughly 10%).
  • Ryan Detrick sees 1,905 as a key S&P level (vs.last night's 1,928 close) as that was the August level from which the index bounced. With the small caps already having broken through a number of key support lines, it would be nice to see the big caps hold.
  • The rise in volatility actually only seems troubling to those induced by the central bank-induced lull of the past few years. "Volatility coming back into the market is a direct correlation to the tapering ending," says one wise trader. "This is what it used to be like before the government was in the market.”
  • ETFs: VXX, UVXY, TVIX, XIV, SVXY, VIXY, ZIV, VXZ, VIXM, CVOL, VIIX, XVZ, XXV, XVIX, TVIZ, IVOP, VIIZ

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