The vix has a history of forming explosive price wedges. It wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to say we're forming a new wedge here. Also, I suspect that we're on the verge of a new upward wave in volatility from here- it might just be a lower high in a new wedge. The market has gotten way ahead of itself and there are just too many new traders piling into...
VIX Cup and handle inside of another cup and handle. Hitting 17 resistance, but once that goes it can jump to 18 then 20
In my prior VIX ideas, I analyzed VIX value trends. I noted that the mid-term VIX etfs/etns (VIXM and VXZ) tended to trend downwards over time and also lagged behind VIX value movements. After then analyzing VIXM, I noted these observations can be seen quantitatively in the RSI. Note that the VIXM is usually declining with a negative RSI. Successful VIXM long...
The following data is meant to help guide the decision as to when to buy/go long on the short term and midterm VIX related etfs/etfs. The VIX daily minimum and closing prices were downloaded from the CBOE website. The % of days with daily minimums and daily closing prices were then calculated in three over 3 time periods ((the last 12 1/2 years, the last 9...
The VIX (red line) is near 52 its week lows. I went long on VIXM on 7/21/2016. After further research I found that VXZ has higher volumes (more liquidity). VXZ and VIXM do not decay as fast as the leveraged ETFs/ETNs. They also react more slowly, peak more slowly, and fall more slowly then the VIX and the short term ETFs/ETNs. Looking further back in time,...