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#1 diogenes227

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Posted 21 March 2020 - 11:13 PM

From the link:

 

 

Right now because we’ve just finished a very long bull market there is a lot of belief that the recent stock crash is just a temporary drop and prices will soon be hurtling upwards to new highs.

 

And yet…right now the VIX says “not so fast.”

 

Consider the chart below showing the VIX with a monthly chart of the SPX.

I’ve outlined the effect of the VIX on the general market.

 

For the discussion in reference to the chart:

 

TIME AND THE VIX WILL TELL


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