GRN trade ideas
Fed Watch Charts 1/26 @ 2pmFOMC Interest Rate Decision is at 2pm today, followed by a press conference at 2:30. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members vote on where to set the rate. Investors watch interest rate changes closely as changes in interest rates can have both positive and negative effects on the markets. The Fed lowers interest rates in order to stimulate economic growth, as lower financing costs can encourage borrowing and investing. However, when rates are too low, they can spur excessive growth and subsequent inflation, undermining the sustainability of the economic expansion. When there is too much growth, the Fed can then raise interest rates in order to slow inflation and return growth to more sustainable levels. Here's a 4 split chart window of VTI (total US equity market), VXX (S&P Vix), GUSH (Oil & Gas) & Bitcoin. I didn't care to fit in TLT or TLH (Bond) chart. Below is a list of Interest Rate history:
Jan 26, 2022 14:00 TBA
Dec 15, 2021 14:00 0.25%
Nov 03, 2021 13:00 0.25%
Sep 22, 2021 13:00 0.25%
Jul 28, 2021 13:00 0.25%
Jun 16, 2021 13:00 0.25%
Apr 28, 2021 13:00 0.25%
Mar 17, 2021 13:00 0.25%
Jan 27, 2021 14:00 0.25%
Dec 16, 2020 14:00 0.25%
Nov 05, 2020 14:00 0.25%
Sep 16, 2020 13:00 0.25%
Jul 29, 2020 13:00 0.25%
Jun 10, 2020 13:00 0.25%
Apr 29, 2020 13:00 0.25%
Mar 15, 2020 16:00 0.25%
Mar 03, 2020 10:00 1.25%
Jan 29, 2020 14:00 1.75%
Dec 11, 2019 14:00 1.75%
Oct 30, 2019 13:00 1.75%
Sep 18, 2019 13:00 2.00%
Jul 31, 2019 13:00 2.25%
Jun 19, 2019 13:00 2.50%
May 01, 2019 13:00 2.50%
Mar 20, 2019 13:00 2.50%
Jan 30, 2019 14:00 2.50%
Dec 19, 2018 14:00 2.50%
Nov 08, 2018 14:00 2.25%
Sep 26, 2018 13:00 2.25%
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Economic Game Mechanics: Part 1DISCLAIMER
This is in no way, shape or form, fluid and function, an analytical, qualitative or intelligent compte rendu. The function of this essay is the maddening diatribe of a curious author, and how this one manages micro- and macro-economic data for a critical investigation into the micro- and macro-economic world. This text is not suitable for direct consumption, and should never be used as a primary or secondary source. The contents of this text are often illogical and offensive, and great care should be given to the reader's personal qualifications and senses. This text is delivered on TradingView, where the userbase is expected to have a level of financial and investigative understanding that would enable them to query appropriate thoughts and abdicate nonsense to the void. May whatever sovereign and omnipotent being you believe in, guide you through this.
Important note: There are many, many figures here. Please pay attention very carefully to the axes and trends, not specifics. Real data is only as real as the reader allows.
Thesis
Settlers of Catan is the greatest game. For those unfamiliar, it is a relatively simple randomly generated board of resources where players act as independent nations, working towards building their settlements, roads, and armies. Players have limited inhibitory actions against each other, but may trade freely. Points are tallied by performance and landmarks, such as longest road and largest army. While high-brow journals might be more focused on old-civilization games like Go, Settlers of Catan is far more interesting as an old civilization-building game. Monopoly is a game of chance, Risk -meditated chaos, Sorry -a delightful spar of sadism and masochism. In most games, the player that forms the strongest plan of attack with the best risk management wins. The player could set out clear objectives, focus on their dominance in these aspects, measure the points carefully to ensure their success. Rarely does a game so reward the dancer as Settlers. A game of limited outcomes, plans are easily delineated, and the appropriate hindrance dropped fortuitously can crush moves many turns in the making. Randomly-generated resource placement poses possible geographic dilemmas for players, forcing a social relevance to the landscape. A player focused on combative, competitive behaviours could find themselves without the commodities they need. The nation that remains fluid to the situation, with a dynamic plan and clear focus on the only thing that matters: victory. The nation focused on forward progress rather than one specific path will fare the surest chance. The nation conscious of resources it needs now, and in the future, will be the surest to flourish. The nation empathic to it's peers, that learns to use cooperation to win the competition, will be the surest to embiggen. Settlers of Catan is the greatest game.
Dichotomy is engrained into the laws of the universe; always opposing forces that balance to create and destroy along ordered fractals parallel. This dichotomy is reflected in nature, both the natural order around humanity, and the natural order humanity attempts to create. Yin and Yang, life and death, darkness and light. Where each person defines the rules of their own life, this author rests with the rules of Thermodynamics that beautifully states, "Energy can be neither created nor destroyed, only altered in form." This law unites dichotomy, not as similar forces, but as two hands of the same beast; evolution. Each side must be preserved and accounted for, one without the other is a stress on disequilibrium, the longer and more extensive the pull from balance, the greater the shock. In nature, this is found by the cyclical expansion of predator and prey populations. Russia's price-shocks after the fall of the Soviet empire poses a more relevant example for economics. As the USSR maintained price-controls at the expense of trade opportunities, industry diversification, and sovereign indebtedness.
Economies are equal parts substance and confidence. That is to say, the richest economy in resources struggle in wealth on the international scale. Africa has long been the land of ravaged, with many European countries cutting through the populace and geography, accentuating deforestation and desertification, ripping the people from their homes and building their own countries on the backbone of a new serfdom. Arguing history is as forlorn as arguing data, Africa is a commodity rich land that has been scraping by on the charity of their Western peers . Afghanistan, presently war-torn, as opposed to the historically war-torn, is one of the most interesting modern cases of the resource wealth versus economic wealth. The country has rare mineral and metal pockets scattered through the landscape at an estimate of trillions in pre-COVID prices, and with commodity inflation what it is, those trillions grow. So too does the international interest, with China's recent spotlight stake on investing in Afghanistan. China has one of the most phenomenal programs of imperialism, mimicking the US' and Europe's own program of massive credit and debt leverage extension to the banks and corporations integrating into developing countries and controlling large parts of their development. On the flip-side, America's own invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, to their withdrawal in 2021, went astoundingly well for the country. One final glimpse at Russia's own predicament outlines the shades of grey; from resource to commodity, what is the sovereign state worth? Afghanistan's lack of confidence erodes substance, the inability to unite a diverse population with a common goal, limited their ability to thrive on such resource-rich land. An inability to tap into those resources via commercial mining operations and international trade, or intranational refinement, development and technological maturation. Russia's self-destruction of confidence languishes in substance, international trade destruction an obvious outcome of continued aggression, and a last-ditch effort and pulling forward the iron curtain once more.
America: the universal center of finance and trade, the epitome of a developed nation, the unipolar superpower upon which the rest of the world exists a derivative of, with a significant lack of substance. Economies are a confidence game, because trade is built upon a single principle, Supply and Demand. Influencing either side can be done via substance, or confidence. Trading goods and services for goods and services is inefficient, impractical, and impossible for the developed world. Sovereign state citizens must have confidence in their ability to trade their own goods and services for an intermediary, and that intermediary being stable and acceptable to procure other's goods and services. That Sovereign state must erect a system to ensure that confidence is not eroded inter- and intra-nationally. The form of that confidence growth is multi-faceted, implicating more active economic participants making goods and services, selling, buying and using those goods and services. The form of that erosion is a decrease in the relative economic strength to competing sovereign states, because in Capitalism, there are no non-competing sovereign states .
America's ability to tame the world, to unite the many states and offer them a platform for more efficient growth and trade, has established it as that center. The confidence is well deserved; global lifespans are increasing, education, progress, development, medicine and technology have all seen such accelerating growth over the last 80 years when compared to the entirety of human history. Avoiding the obvious ethical dilemmas in proclaiming a complete victory, Bretton Woods has been wildly successful for the world. But, as the confidence in the foundation of Bretton Woods being fair to all current major economic superpowers erodes, a new balance will be sought. China's ability to create a second pole, not just a second superpower, is critical to the relative strength of the dollar. Playing World Reserve Currency may seem a simple trick to the crypto-enthusiast, but it is a destructive battle of balance. As the US strengthens, there must be a congruent weakening. As the US weakens, there must be congruent strengthening. How this interaction behaves in a system is up to the balancing members, with an explicit focus on the key world reserve currency central bank. When a senator of the United States congratulates the president of the Federal Reserve on becoming the most powerful man in the world, again, there should be no laughter. Leaving some algorithmic response, a mathematical god to balance the great international abacus of trade, is a harsh solution to a harsher reality. The Federal Reserve's job is to buffer these changes, to control chaos and infect it with order on the grand monetary board, because the system's most important part is the future participant, because the system must be self-propagating, it must continue . If America fails to present to the world a convincing thesis to maintain the global monetary form of confidence, then it must be backed by substance. Even when the world government's meet to discuss a new Bretton Woods or Desert, America's strength at the table will be on based on confidence and substance. A brief tour of American international relations plays as a horror-show of karmic entrants across a landscape of emerging markets. America will require substance.
CONTINUE TO PART 2
VXX Bearish inclined Naked Calls 1 Apr Expiry (Apr Track 1)Whats The Plan/Trade/Thought
I purposely ended my March trades last week because I felt this week would be super volatile given the Fed announcements on interest rates. This play turned out well as I got to write VXX calls that end 1 Apr at an amazing price
On the 15 March, I noticed that the VXX had stopped correlating with the market and I believe this had to do Barclay suspending new share creations of their VIX Short Term futures ETN (VXX). In a statement, the bank said it ran out of issuance capacity for the two products and would halt new creations indefinitely. It claimed the halts were not a result of the war in Ukraine
This divergence, allowed me to quickly write VXX Call options that expires 1 April at $3 a contract. I decided to use a smaller Margin (50k) because it is still a VUCA global situation and I wanted to have room to maneuver. I have also never seen the VXX diverge so drastically before.
I also believed that the Fed’s announcement would already be factored in to the past weeks and current volatility
I Feel
Pretty damn good, the VXX as aligned back to the market and right now the market is pretty bullish. Lengthen my distance to strike.
Imagine Yourself Taking The Other Side
This trade is very opportunistic in timing and volatility. There is no way I would take the other side given the price movement.
Imagine Yourself As A Neutral Observer
The risk of this was the unknown of why the VXX was diverging from it’s original intention and what the implications where.
Look For New Information
I did a search to understand what was going on with the VXX, but I decided that it was better to look and based my decision on the current sentiment of the market.
How Do I Feel Now
I am very very happy with this play as it mitigated risk by having a shorter time frame, high contract price and also leveraged my understanding and tracking of the market’s key events.
Trade Specs
Sold 60 Calls @ 3.00 - Strike 58
% to Strike 41%
ATR 98%
BP used 51k
Max Gain: 18k
Most Overlooked Opportunity of 2022 - VXXHi Everyone,
Excited to share some good news for our fellow options traders!
-One of the market's most popular instruments, $VXX, recently underwent an anomaly of an event that hasn't occurred in over 10 years in the volatility-trading space. On March 14, 2022, Barclays announced a suspension of share sales and issuances on the iPath® Series B S&P 500® VIX Short-Term FuturesTM ETNs (BATS: $VXX).
-Generally speaking, the $VXX is built to track the first- and second-month VX futures on a rolling basis. Barclays, the issuer of $VXX, doesn't actually hold underlying futures contracts to maintain the ETN, rather, it tracks the performance of the underlying futures contracts on a rolling basis. The product that the ETN tracks is known as the net asset value (NAV) or "indicative value" of the underlying ETN. Issuers use NAVs as a metric to match their ETN prices to their NAV. Essentially, in order for Barclays to maintain the publicly traded product, they match long and short order flow on their ETNs. For example, if a trader wanted to buy 1,000,000 VXX ETNs in one transaction block, Barclays will usually issue 1,000,000 shares of VXX to keep the price of the ETNs the same. On traditional shares of stock, however, 1,000,000 shares of stock in one transaction block could change the stock price due to an increase in demand and a shortage of supply. Equities, unlike ETNs, do not issue shares of stock for order flow to keep the price of the security at its NAV. Whereas, ETNs generally issue notes to keep the ETN price at its NAV.
-Considering that Barclays is no longer issuing shares for their $VXX ETNs, long order flows will not result in the issuance of new shares.
So, what does this mean?
Let's say you purchase 1,000,000 shares of stock, similar to the equity example made in the last paragraph. The purchased shares are no longer issued by Barclays to keep the price of the ETNs at their NAV. Rather, the existing market participants must sell their 1,000,000 shares of stock to you. Due to the increase in demand, the price of the ETNs will increase past their NAV.
Why VXX exploded and what it means for volatility (VIX)One of the big market events today is the explosion in price of AMEX:VXX which according to the issuer Barclays has nothing to do with Ukraine or market events. I think it is tangentially related in some way to the market conditions but what does this actually mean for the near future of volatility? I look at TVC:VIX as a measure of the "fear index" of the S&P500. The VIX can be very useful in timing market tops and bottoms as it represents maximums of emotion. The VIX is telling us something about the current lows of the market and how the recent correction might soon be over.
VXX- BUY THE EFFING DIP (AGAIN)Nothing has changed in this cycle...except that drawdowns have been very steep in individual names. Doesn't mean we will see bearishness in months to come...there will be big rallies...enough to strangle shorts and dump to kill longs.
Best idea is to trade lighter and not to be greedy.
CAUTION: VXX Is Broken!The pricing of the VIX futures tracking ETN VXX no longer reflects reality.
Barclays has halted new issuance of both the VXX and OIL ETNs.
Existing shares of VXX are being bid up far beyond the movement in the underlying futures market.
As I mentioned in a previous post, (linked below), I believe the VIX is setting up for a breakout to the upside.
I strongly caution against trying to trade VXX right now. For one, trading has been halted repeatedly, which may happen again, and you NEVER want to get stuck in a position that you can't trade out of. For another, VXX pricing is no longer tracking the VIX futures, so it's impossible to predict how VXX will respond to a significant move in the VIX futures.
When the price action in a market is irrational, technical levels become irrelevant, fundamentals become irrelevant, and you can't expect logical price movements from the market. For example: See the recent price action in crude oil futures (CL1!).
One of the most valuable skills in trading is recognizing when not to trade.
VXX right now is like a crate of 100 year old dynamite sweating nitroglycerine in the desert heat. DON'T TOUCH IT!
Stay safe out there traders!
VXX Bearish inclined Naked Calls 11 Mar Expiry (Mar Track 1)Whats The Plan/Trade/Thought
I entered this position as I believe that we are currently in a sideways bearish situation. The markets took huge dips since late Nov to Jan and while it has recovered some of that loss. The S&P and especially the NASDAQ show that at least for now, the constant bold bullish days are narrowing
Even though I am taking a sideways bearish stance. I still sold calls as we have just gotten out from a terrible 3 months of nose bleed drops and I think there will be some respite where market participants will try to determine what is the next direction
Writing calls also allow me to develop a hedge on the other trades which will be bearish
I Feel
I entered this trade on Monday and it feels almost clinical as it was already part of my plan and the indexes were aligned
I would have liked to get a better price to weather some potential volatility but it is a decent price at 0.71
I would have also preferred to have this trade expire on the 4th March way before the mid March inflation implementations
Imagine Yourself Taking The Other Side
I would be slightly worried as the market in the past 2 days have been bullish.
Also I did try to initially take a sold PUT trade, but the prices for them and the % from strike were not optimal. I guess the market expects more bullishness?
Imagine Yourself As A Neutral Observer
VXX eats alot of margin fast as it is also a reflection of the tech stocks. And that could limit the fund’s movements.
Regardless of direction I think with a good 63% of space between the entry and strike is prudent
Look For New Information
I am accepting that if the market does furiously dip too fast and too hard. I might be in a difficult position. The good news is that the major Tech earnings are over.
How Do I Feel Now
I neither feel happy or worried. Just somewhat clear but edgy given what we have just gone through in Nov - Jan
Trade Specs
Sold 125 Calls @ 0.71 - Strike 33
% to Strike 63%
ATR 64%
BP used is 91k
Max Gain: 8875
VXX Strangle Spread ManagementStarted with monthly VXX Strangle 2 strikes wide. As volatility kicked in, sold off the profitable trade (a put) and then used the rest of the time to allow the bearish sentiment to kick in. the problem was a lot of times the option would be reach ITM (In-The-Money), but I would hedge by tightening up the strangle by adding another put once the direction changed. Recently volatility has slightly tamed compared to when Russia initially attacked Ukraine. Using support and resistance levels including price-action to confirm entry and exit points. Using MACD, Stochastics and RSI to guage the sentiment whether it's bearish or bullish.
Tightening the Strangle
Once the trend reverses, I purchase the other side of the Strangle once the Put-Call ratio is favorable and there are discounts in the options prices (Black-Scholes Model).
In February there was very high volatility which led to better chances for profitability.
Technical Analysis
Always wait for engulfing candles with a confirmation candle or two to spot a trend reversal.
Verify this reversal with resistance levels and breakouts in the RSI.
Stochastics can be used to view the short-term sentiment.
Update - 03-03-2022
Volatility has slowed down so much more patience is needed for the options to go in-the-money. Due to this uncertain investment and political climate, there could be chances for volatility to spike again. Either way, using a Strangle, we just want a strong move either to the upside or downside.
General trend for the past 3 days is a bearish trend with no breakouts yet. Tighten the Strangle once direction changes and options prices get cheap.
Lessons Learned
Sometimes you have to wait for the trade to move in your favor.
It's always better to purchase discounted options.
Tighten the strangle when it is cheaper to do so and the trend is moving in its favor.
Delta and Gamma combined help shape the rewards better than the Put-Call ratio only.
Wait for the technicals in the chart to trigger entry points.
Always get options with more time than you think you need. Sometimes it takes more time than predicted to minimize losses and be profitable in the long-run.
Increase in VOLATILITY on the horizon? It's 1120am MST on 2/28, and I am expecting a further market decline. I already have a VXX call option in play right now and am expecting this position will end up in the money.
It seems Russia/Ukraine war is starting to heat up despite the meeting between the two countries today.
From a technical analysis perspective, there is another inverse head and shoulders forming and the 50 SMA is crossing over both the 100MA and 200MA, which seems to be a bullish indicator for VXX and a bearish indicator for the stock market as a whole.
I hope I am wrong on this one...because that would indicate a de-escalation of the war...which we're all praying for.
VXX Bearish inclined Naked Calls 11 Feb Expiry (Feb Track 1)Whats The Plan/Trade/Thought
Market seems to be ranging with deeper drops. This VXX trade is positioned as a hedge as it takes a bullish market stance. I like this structure of having a broad market hedge and especially a position that expires early in the month. As I would still have a solid feel of the previous month’s sentiment.
VXX seems like a good trade for early month as the BP drops drastically as it gets closer to expiry. If price goes against you, the expiring previous month’s trade will release BP to support it.
VXX contracts sometimes also have good premium as it spikes more during volatility events
For Feb’s VXX entry I will wait until 12 Jan after Jerome Powell’s speech. As that could spike the premiums and provide more visibility on the market direction.
I Feel
I feel confident on the trade and especially how it fits into the entire trade structure. Taking advantage of the entry and exit timings and the nature of VXX and it’s BP behaviour (It reduces drastically in size, closer to expiry).
Imagine Yourself Taking The Other Side
VXX is also good as it is a market wide counter. Only worry is that it is exposed to the volatility of tech
The Omicron news on the 26 Nov drove the price up by 47% to $30, while it did fall after 6 days. The recency and the potential for VXX to increase in a Black Swan event is also a potential and the BP requirements to maintain would be extremely large
Imagine Yourself As A Neutral Observer
I don’t expect another super volatile Black Swan event happening in the next month. Especially since knowledge on Omicron and the Fed’s inflation mitigation actions are clearer. But the market movements from Omicron in Dec really scared me and I need to see how I can better shield myself
Price is steady downtrending
Look For New Information
While Omicron has mild symptoms, the high infection rates are hitting businesses even harder because there is a direct impact on labour which are the legs for most businesses. I wondering how this will impact Q1 earnings
How Do I Feel Now
I feel confident and worry free
Trade Specs
Sold 123 Calls @ 0.63 - Strike 29
% to Strike 62%
ATR % is 67%
BP used is 89k
Max Gain: 7749
VXX - At crossroads
Up against the trendline resistance that has acted like a wall going back to March 2021.
Break on either side should mark a key direction change in the market.
If it can't move above 24.31 soon, growth stocks and indices will rally (atleast for a short time)
Takeaway: look for bearish signal on 4H before flipping side. Trend break shou ld present great long opportunities.
HEDGE your BTC and ETH positions... VXX is about to MOON?!!!In my opinion, buying a VXX weekly call option is an amazing way to hedge your crypto portfolio against the market volatility resulting from geopolitical and macroeconomic concerns.
Unless you live under a rock, you've reeceived incessant push notifications regarding the Russia/Ukraine geopolitical conflict and the inflation-driven macroeconomic concerns.
Smart money has already reallocated a sizable percentage of portfolio into stablecoins or cash... But why not CAPTURE ALPHA available from the current market volatility?
Inverse head-and-shoulders patterns are used by some traders to call a downtrend reversal. It's not always a reliable indicator. However, it's my belief this indicator is MORE reliable on the with VXX chart- which is perpetually in a long-term downtrend.
Look closely at the VXX chart, and you'll see TWO inverse head and shoulders patterns:
1. One forming locally over the past couple weeks
2. One that started forming at the end of January
I bought a weekly call option expiring on 2/25 with a strike price of 24. With a target of around 26.50, I'd be shocked if I didn't close this position, or have it expire, IN THE MONEY.
Do YOU AGREE or DISAGREE? Let me know in the comments!
Long UVXY and VXX Trading Strategy IdeaThis is for going long UVXY or VXX.
I am fine-tuning on systematic approach to trading long volatility. I have back tested the rules below with great results! Please comment and share your thoughts. I traded this several times recently and have done well with it. It is fade-it or half-life approach; decaying position or reverse pyramid, since the underlying is decaying. Take a look at the chart; arrows indicate recent entries AMEX:UVXY .
CHART SETUP
195 minute bar chart (split the day into two bars)
RSI set to 2 periods
MACD - set to 2, 6, 1. (essentially a Moving average cross over)
Stochastics Full. 13,3,3
EMA 5 and 8 day EMA.
Bollinger bands -standard settings.
TTM Squeeze
BUY RULES
Buy Full position when:
- MACD crosses from red to green - above zero line AND
- bar close is higher than previous bar AND
- Stochastics are trending higher AND
- RSI(2) has crossed or is greater than 70 AND
- VXX/UVXY price is below the upper bollinger band AND
- VXX/UVXY is above the 5 period EMA
SELL RULES
- 4.1% stop upon entry
- sell entire position of MACD 2,6,1 closes red on the day.
- sell 50% position on first bar/price trading above the upper bollinger bands
- sell 25% of position on second bar/price trading above the upper bollinger bands
- sell remaining 25% position upon hard MACD sell signal or discretionary.
REPEAT:
- repeat and refill full position. For example, if you are down to final 25% position and VXX/UVXY crosses from below to above 5 EMA AND MACD is still green AND price is below upper bollinger band, AND bar close is higher than previous bar close, buy back to full position. Repeat sell rules.
Notes:
- if you miss a sell signal, sell the bar. for example, VXX traded above the upper BB briefly then below, sell the respective portion of the position.
- you may see several trades back to back in high market volatility
- I use the TTM Squeeze indicator for direction; histogram trending up? is it green?
- This system entry matches up with Heiken Ashi charts buy signals if these are your thing.
- the compounding of this strategy works well with 100% re-investment on each trade.
- long volatility trades are quick and fade fast. occasionally you will see an extended high volatility; this is the reason the for the 25% last part of the position. (I owned TVIX in Feb 2020 and sold it all once it hit +100%, it went up 11x)
- I back tested this to 2016; the results were amazing. in 2021 you had 30 trades, 23 winners, a trade expectancy of 9%, and with 100% re-investment upon every trade, a 783% return if I am doing the math correctly. (rough results below)
- other years had better results (2018) but still validating. (2018 returns look ridiculous)
- I set buy stops above trading prices at where my signals would be met to automate the entry.
- you need some real fortitude as you may take several losses in a row. -4.1, -4.1, -4.1
Again, share your thoughts and comments
2021 UVXY Trades. (Rough backtesting results) starting with 100k hypothetical)
Trade Returns trade profit/loss running percentage Running total of capital
6.52% 6,520.00 6.52% $106,520.00
15.56% 16,574.51 23.09% $123,094.51
16.06% 19,768.98 42.86% $142,863.49
-4.10% -5,857.40 37.01% $137,006.09
12.82% 17,564.18 54.57% $154,570.27
14.33% 22,149.92 76.72% $176,720.19
4.00% 7,068.81 83.79% $183,788.99
-2.88% -5,293.12 78.50% $178,495.87
3.66% 6,532.95 85.03% $185,028.82
2.80% 5,180.81 90.21% $190,209.63
-4.10% -7,798.59 82.41% $182,411.03
16.76% 30,572.09 112.98% $212,983.12
-4.10% -8,732.31 104.25% $204,250.81
3.66% 7,475.58 111.73% $211,726.39
12.02% 25,449.51 137.18% $237,175.91
10.66% 25,282.95 162.46% $262,458.86
22.19% 58,239.62 220.70% $320,698.48
17.91% 57,437.10 278.14% $378,135.58
-1.05% -3,970.42 274.17% $374,165.15
6.14% 22,973.74 297.14% $397,138.89
-4.10% -16,282.69 280.86% $380,856.20
22.23% 84,664.33 365.52% $465,520.53
6.22% 28,955.38 394.48% $494,475.91
6.73% 33,278.23 427.75% $527,754.14
8.80% 46,442.36 465.40% $574,196.50
11.67% 67,008.73 519.71% $641,205.23
11.23% 72,007.35 578.07% $713,212.58
10.69% 76,242.42 639.87% $789,455.00
-4.10% -32,367.66 613.63% $757,087.35
16.14% 122,193.90 712.67% $879,281.25
VXX - into a trendline resistanceNotice how technical setup precedes any news? VXX pulled back into the trendline resistance yesterday with negative divergence on the 30Min TF.
Next couple of days will be important to decide if we go way down or way up. Either is fine by me, but patience is needed to see the picture clearly before going too deep.
Plan today: reduce size of the shorts or cut losses. Watch hourly price action around 23...if it pushes lower, start small on the longer dates SPY, QQQ calls.
Risk: Daily charts for many charts are still showing bearflag signs...if there is no follow through, this would just be another dead cat bounce. need ES! to consolidate above 4450 for the chance at 4500, 4580.
VXX (VIX ETF) hints of increasing volatilityThe VXX is the VIX ETF and tracking it gives an idea of the VIX from a unique perspective. In the weekly chart, for most of 2021, there was a building MACD bullish divergence.
Given the higher low and the rather full bullish candle on Friday, any continuation of this rally aligns price to the indicator. Inadvertently, the would be downside volatility in the equity markets to follow...
The VIX, via the VXX ETF, is suggesting a plausible spike in volatility in the coming weeks.