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RIMM skew doing some funny things

Today was a day on Wall Street that was well, strange.  There was a nice little rally in the NASDAQ as it teetered near even most of the day and ended with a little move up.  For the most part the other indexes were lower including the VIX, as there was little good news to really lift things.  I think, at this point, the markets are at the end of cheap credit.  Negative interest rates for TIPS anyone?  That is not the kind of thing markets want to see.  There feels like there is some serious confusion as to what money managers will put money into.  Does anyone really want to buy an Italian Bond yielding 3.5 after the bond holders are about to take a haircut for Greece?  Governments need to start feeling the heat of higher interes

SPX IV a Touch Troubling

Don't forget to register for tomorrow's webinar.  You can do it here. I have been saying for some time that I thought we were going to touch 1300.  Now that we have, where are we going from here?  I'll be honest, I am on the fence.  There are a few things coming out of option prices that make me bullish: 1.  VIX futures are in a somewhat heavy contango 2.  Market momentum 3.  The way the SPX has shrugged off bad news on Friday Then there are a few things that I really don’t like.  Maybe they are more of a long term.  Maybe they are short term.   1.  Today's turnaround was as bearish as Friday's turnaround was bullish

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SPX IV Breaks Out, Unit Puts Bid

In the least shocking sell-off in the history of mankind (we called it here), the equity markets once again p

Think the VIX is Over Sold? Try This!

I think that the selling of premium into this small rally has been a bit overdone, even if IV is still a touch elevated in relative terms.

SPX, VIX Point Toward Higher Fear...for a Now

Option traders, I was a quite a bit wrong last week.  The math I did on implied volatility was off.

SPX IV Getting Interesting, Skew, Term Structure Moving

While I do not think anyone would call today a fearful session on any level.

Despite Bad Day in SPX IV and Skew Are Depressed

I commented this morning how shocking it was to watch volatility action.  The market in general was brazenly selling premium into yet another sell off.

Is IV Rallying Anywhere?

For the second out of three days,, we have seen the market take a nice dive, and the VIX act as if it could not care less.  What gives?  Yes IV was 'up' today, but barely, an only in one